Puerto Rico to Complete Sewage Projects

Puerto Rico has spent $24.8m on sewage improvement projects in the southern coastal city of Guanica to benefit five of the city’s districts.

Construction of the projects, which began in May 2009 and will be completed next month, was carried out in two phases.

The first phase, costing $17m, includes building a new pumping station and installing sewer lines to serve the districts of Ensenada, Guaypao and Montalva.

In the second phase, $7.6m was spent on the installation of sewer lines and the construction of a new pumping station in the districts of Salinas Providencia and Playa Santa.

The sewerage system will transfer water to the Guanica wastewater treatment plant, replacing the Playa Santa facility, according to waterworld.com.