Panama Plans New Water Plant

Idaan, the water and sewage authority of the Panama Republic, is planning to build a new drinking water plant in Colon at a cost of $30m.

The proposed plant will have a capacity to supply 114 million litres of water a day, which will benefit about 200,000 people living in Colon and the surrounding areas.

The new plant will double the city’s potable water capacity, which currently supplies about 140 million litres a day through its Antonio Yepes de Leon plant and Monte Esperanza plant.

The tender for the project will be floated in the fourth quarter of 2010 and work will begin in 2011, according to bnamericas.com.