Brazilian State Plans Water Supply Project

The Brazilian state of Amazonas is planning to implement a project worth $110m to improve water supply in the state.

Amazonas State Development Company and the National Institute of Amazon Research are working out a plan with the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD).

The plans will be implemented in two phases, with the first phase already underway and expected to be completed in 2012.

The sanitation project includes restructuring and expanding water supply systems in the state’s south-eastern area and will be completed in 2011.

The project includes the construction of three reservoirs with a capacity of 2,000m³ each, and another reservoir with a capacity of 1,000m³, according to waterworld.com.

The project will benefit Tabatinga, Atalaia do Norte, Benjamin Constant, Amatura, Sao Paulo de Olivença, Tonantins, Fonte Boa, Jutai and San Antonio Iça municipalities.