IDB to Provide Water Development Grants to Honduras

The Inter-American Development Bank is to allocate $25m to Honduras to expand and improve drinking water and sanitation services in its rural communities.

Honduras will receive this grant under the Spanish Cooperation Fund for Water and Sanitation in Latin America and the Caribbean, and $2.5m will be provided by the Government of Honduras.

The programme will be carried out by state water and sanitation utility SANAA, which will provide 13,700 households with new water connections, 15,900 homes with individual sanitation solutions and 2,200 homes with rehabilitated drinking water systems.

The utility will build water systems, supply sanitation solutions, rehabilitate existing water systems and establish chlorine banks.

It will also conduct pilot projects in the sustainable management of water systems, awareness building and training for community members.