Nicaragua

The program for the Improvement and Expansion of the Sanitary Sewage System of the City of Masaya has advanced throughout 2022. The execution is practically completed (although planned for the beginning of 2023). In April, the treatment plant in the city of Masaya came into operation, marking the final stage of the project for the general improvement of the city’s system. This plant considerably improves the quality of wastewater and avoids discharges into the Masaya Volcano National Park’s lagoon, as has been the case up to now.

13.2 million provided by the FCAS (to which 5.5 million euro were added from CABEI) has also enabled the installation of 6,550 new sewerage connections, improving urban, environmental, and sanitary conditions in the city of Masaya.

This initiative is part of a more extensive overall program called the Integral Sectoral Program for Water and Human Sanitation (PISASH), which has directly benefited more than half a million people with water and sanitation services and has also involved funds from other FCAS programs (NIC-014-B and NIC-056-B, both now completed), as well as LAIF resources from the European Union (’50 million grant), 3.79 million), the Nicaraguan government (‘7.44 million) and other smaller financiers (‘1.17 million), the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI), the European Investment Bank (EIB), the Nicaraguan government itself and German Cooperation (GIZ), for a final total budget of euro 320.9 million.