El Salvador

Currently, the Integrated Water, Sanitation and Environment Project (SLV-056-B) is underway and has been implemented almost in its entirety. Its activities focus both on improving the service and establishing drinking water and sanitation infrastructure and on institutional strengthening and governance of water resources.

Likewise, the programme Construction of Public Policy that Guarantees the Sustainability of the Drinking Water and Sanitation Subsector in the Rural Area of El Salvador, Phase I (SLV-059-B) is being implemented, the purpose of which is to contribute to the creation of the institutional framework for the rural drinking water and sanitation subsector, considering institutional collaboration, the regulatory framework and rules to strengthen the sustainability of water and sanitation services in these areas. It began to be implemented in June 2019 and interventions are being carried out in rural systems not managed by the National Administration of Aqueducts and Sewers (ANDA), both in infrastructure and environment for the protection and control of water resources and the strengthening of rural boards. It is estimated that it will improve access to drinking water for 60,000 people.

Finally, in December 2020, a new programme was approved for an amount of 600,000 euros, Construction of Public Policy to Ensure the Sustainability of the Drinking Water and Sanitation Subsector in the Rural Area of El Salvador, Phase II (SLV-060-B). It is expected to last three years and aims to extend the sustainable management of water and sanitation services with special emphasis on rural areas by strengthening both the rural systems not administered by ANDA, for the quality, sustainability, protection/conservation of water systems and sources, and the management and administration capacities of the executing institutions.