Sustainable drinking water and sanitation for the rural population of Portoviejo District
This is a 114-million-euro operation involving a combination of funding and donations. On the one hand, there is the so-called “base project”, based on credits, and on the other hand, the specific programme to extend the benefits to the most remote populations, which is funded by the FCAS and the EU.
The funds for the overall programme are distributed as follows:
Among other actions, the programme envisages a 47km drinking water and sanitation system along the Chico River, projects to serve dispersed rural areas that cannot be connected to the water and sanitation system, and to strengthen the Public Municipal Water and Sanitation Company of Portoviejo (Portoaguas) to reinforce the service, in which the Public Metropolitan Water Supply and Sanitation Company of Seville (EMASESA) participates.
The project has numerous positive impacts, both social and environmental, and aims to ensure the participation of the beneficiary population through the socialisation of the programme in all its phases, in order to achieve sustainable systems.
Throughout 2021, the programme was affected by the health crisis generated by COVID-19 and the inherent restrictions, coupled with the sub-national elections and the consequent change of municipal authorities in May 2021. However, the programme has continued to make progress, especially in the area of social development and work with women. (See detailed programme information)
