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Ecuador
Consolidation of the information system on water resources
With the adoption of a newWater Law in
August 2014, the Republic of Ecuador esta-
blished
a newAgency for theRegulation
andControl of theWater Sector (ARCA),
supervised by the Secretariat of Water
Resources
(SENAGUA)
and the Ministry of
Coordination of Strategic Sectors
(MICSE).
A study of the roadmapof this new agency is
beingmade by the Aigos Consulting Firm on
behalf of theMinistry of Coordinationof Stra-
tegic Sectors.
In this context, the International Office
forWater was entrustedwith a specific
analysis of the potential consolidation
of the Information System on Water
Resources in Ecuador (SIRH).
Themission on this topic, carried out in Sep-
tember 2014, was the occasion of meeting
with the representatives of organizations
involved in the production, management and
enhancement of water data (ARCA, SENA-
GUA, SENPLADES, INHAMI,MAE, IGM, etc.).
These exchanges allowed specifying a series
of recommendationsaiming firstly toorganize
the establishment of
”ARCA” Information
System
and secondly to enhance the sharing
and integrated management of water data
between institutions at the national, regional
and local level.
Themain findings of this study were presen-
ted to H.E. the Minister, Mr. Rafael Poveda
(MICSE) at the end of themission, as well as
to Mrs. Claudia Otero (ARCA Director) and
Mr. Christobal Punina Lazano (Assistant
Secretary General forWater) during their visit
to
IOWater,
in Paris on 12 September 2014.
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El Salvador
Assistance to ProjectManagement:
Jucuaran wastewater treatment plant
The Interdepartmental Syndicate for
Sanitation of Greater Paris (SIAAP)
sought IOWater in project management
assistance for checking the sizing and
design of the future wastewater treat-
ment plant of the Jucuaranmunicipality
in El Salvador.
Jucuaran is a town of about 13,000 people
located south-east of El Salvador.
The project was developed by a local Salva-
doran consulting firm.
It plans for a rusticwastewater treatment sys-
temadapted to local conditions andbasedon
the following treatment processes: manual
pretreatment, primary clarifier, trickling filter
and clarifier, filtration with sand filter, chlori-
nation.
The sludge treatment is based on anaerobic
digestion followedby the dryingof sludge on
drying beds.
The analysis of this project made by
IOWater identified areas for improve-
ment, both regarding the selected
sizingbases and thedesignof the treat-
ment plant.
These recommendations were presented in a
workshop gathering representatives of
SIAAP,
of the Salvadoran consulting firm and
of
the Jucuaran municipality
and
IOWa-
ter
experts.
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Meetingwith representatives of theMilitary Geographical Institute
Trickling filter
Photo Cléo Lossouarn (SIAAP)
”EcoCuencas”
The
”EcoCuencas”
projectwas designed
during 2014 by
IOWater,
in partnership
withEcologic (Germany), Asconit (France),
the Piracicaba Capivari Jundiai Agency
(Brazil), theWater Department (Secretaria
del Agua -SENAGUA/Ecuador), the Natio-
nal Water Authority (ANA) and IRAGER
(Peru), the Verde Basin Authority (Corpo-
ración Cuenca Verde - Colombia) and the
Brazilian Network of Basin Organizations
(REBOB).
It was selected by
the European Union
within the regional program for themana-
gement of basins and coastal zones in the
context of climate change
“WATER-
CLIMA”
for Latin America and the Carib-
bean and started at the beginning of
2015.
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Eco Cuencas
