Noticias sobre Ecuador
Ecuador to improve drinking water and sanitation services with IDB support
Ecuador will improve continuity, operational management and reliability of the drinking water system and boost wastewater treatment capacity, bringing direct benefits to more than 200,000 people and indirect benefits to Quito’s 2.6 million metropolitan district dwellers, with help from a US$87.1 million loan from the Inter-American Development Bank.
Gender equality depends on water
Ahead of World Water Day, it is vital to point out that adults, young women and girls bear the brunt of the more than 2.1 billion people with no access to clean water and the 2.4 billion that lack adequate sanitation.
ACCIONA achieves a net profit of €328 million in 2018 (+49.0%)
Operating improvements in Energy and Infrastructure: EBITDA totalled €1.25 billion and grew by 9.2% on a like-for-like basis.
IWA and IDB launch the digital platform “AquaRating Community of Practice”
A digital platform with the purpose of promoting a transformation in the improvement of the management of companies in the water sector worldwide: AquaRating Community of Practice.
“Pollution and overexploitation of water resources are two major challenges in Latin America”
To take a closer look at the water situation in Latin America as a whole, at SWM we have carried out a series of interviews on #WaterinLATAM.
Patricia Mejías: “30% of the world’s population lives in countries with high water stress”
The Water Dialogues, held in Madrid last October, are annual meetings held to discuss different topics, in order to promote the exchange of knowledge and experiences between Latin America and Spain with regards to issues of interest for the water sector.
Tania Cosentino: “We need to improve the efficiency of water and sanitation networks in cities”
Tania Cosentino leads the digital transformation in South America with Schneider. This task implies extensive knowledge of the region, as well as a specific focus on a sector with some of the greatest challenges: the water sector.
Rosenbom: “The Filtralite® media can treat more water for less money and obtain a better quality”
Filtralite® is the registered trademark of all expanded clay products used as filter media manufactured by Leca (a Saint Gobain subsidiary company) in their Raellingen plant (Norway).
Global Omnium consolidates its position in Latin America as a technology leader
Global Omnium, thanks to the digital transformation it started ten years ago, is consolidating its position as a technology leader internationally; it is the company that governments and institutions wanting to implement solutions to optimise water and energy resources are turning to.
Using satellites to measure rates of ice mass loss in glaciers
If you compare historical photos of glaciers with those taken more recently, you can see that where there was formerly ice there is now very often nothing but rock.
Julián Suárez (CAF): “Water should be considered a part of the urban ecosystem”
You can read the original interview in Spanish in iAgua.
“Water management companies will become software businesses with water resource managers”
Vicente Fajardo has moved up the ranks of a company that accumulates almost 130 years of expertise in water management.
Latin America: SUEZ strengthens its presence in water management for metropolitan cities
SUEZ announces the signature of 19 contracts in Ecuador, Colombia, Brazil, Mexico, and Costa-Rica.