In the process of keep advancing in the sanitation of Lago de Managua, Empresa Nacional de Acueductos y Alcantarillados (ENACAL) is working with Banco de Desarrollo de Alemania (KFW) in the feasibility of the Project Metropolitan Managua. Said project contemplates the improvement of access to potable water and sanitary sewer in three of the most populated cities in the country: Managua, Tipitapa and Ciudad Sandino; being benefited 250 thousand people.
The main objective of this mega work is to extend the coverage of the sanitary sewer of the neighborhoods of the capital and to extend the capacity of the plant from 182 thousand cubic meters of waste waters to 240 thousand cubic meters per day.
Metropolitan Managua contemplates to connect the sewage of the southern area of the capital, of Tipitapa and Ciudad Sandino to the system of the Wastewater Treatment Plant “Augusto C. Sandino”. The actions to be developed are:
- Managua: construction of 26 km of interceptor and collectors, extension of the capacity of the wastewater treatment plant from 182,000 m³/day to a 240,000 m³/day
- Ciudad Sandino: improve the quality of treated water of the treatment system and construction of an outlet to discharge the waters into the lake of Managua.
- Tipitapa: increase the capacity of potable water source from 16,102 to 31,363 m³/day and storage from 4,541 m³ to 9,541 m³. By the other hand, it is intended the installation of 140 km of pipes for the recollection of wastewater and construction of a new treatment plant with capacity of 22,500 m³/day.
Estimated cost of investment: USD 120 million
Federico Gurdián Sacasa
Partner
García & Bodán
Nicaragua