Delegated Cooperation NICARAGUA
Integrated Sectoral Programme for Water and Human Sanitation (PISASH)
Integrated Sectoral Programme for Water and Human Sanitation (PISASH)
Nicaragua’s Integrated Sectoral Programme for Water and Human Sanitation (PISASH) aims to improve and expand drinking water, sewerage and wastewater treatment services in urban and rural areas, as well as to improve capacities for the operation, maintenance and integrated management of water resources with a view to improving the sustainability of these basic social services for the population.
50.5 million euros in EU LAIF funds which, together with the 65.1 million contributed by Spain and the almost 200 million contributed by the country through other actors such as the European Investment Bank (EIB), the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (BCIE) and the Nicaraguan government’s own funds, amount to more than 300 million euros of investment that will improve access to water and sanitation in 19 Nicaraguan cities. At the end of the intervention, more than half a million people will benefit.
During 2020, the implementation period of the bilateral Water Fund programme NIC-014-B came to an end. This grant served to improve access to drinking water in the cities of Acoyapa, Santo Tomás and Bluefields, and sanitation in the first two, installing a total of 9,350 new drinking water connections and 4,600 sanitation connections. In addition, the grant financed an important component of technical assistance to support the public water company ENACAL, both in water management aspects and in improving the operation and maintenance of the new systems installed with the priority aim of improving the living conditions of the population. The operation has also improved the sanitation systems of nine public schools in Acoyapa and Santo Tomás and financed a plan to provide a connection to the sewerage system for 1,100 vulnerable families in both towns.
Meanwhile, through the other bilateral grant NIC-013-B, work continued on the construction and commissioning of the Masaya Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP), which should be completed in 2021 for the entry into operation of the entire new sanitary sewerage and sanitation system of this city.
Through the multilateral programme NIC-056-M, led together with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), 60,000 people in the city of Bilwi will have access to safe water, with 13,600 household connections installed. This system should complete its start-up phase during the first months of 2021, so that it will be commissioned before the middle of the year.
