In order to safeguard public health and environmental protection in the South Caribbean of Costa Rica, a new wastewater treatment plant is inaugurated with the support of CABEI

Limón, August 28, 2024.- More than 12,000 inhabitants of the community of Puerto Viejo, in the province of Limón, and the nearly 50,000 annual visitors to the beaches of this Caribbean community located in the southeast of Costa Rica will directly benefit from the new wastewater treatment plant inaugurated this Wednesday by the President of the Republic, Rodrigo Chaves and the executive president of the Costa Rican Institute of Aqueducts and Sewers (AyA), Juan Manuel Quesada, in the company of the CABEI country manager, Álvaro Alfaro, among other authorities.

The work, financed entirely by CABEI, is essential for the protection of public health, with a wastewater collection and treatment system that includes nearly 600 connections for homes and businesses that will significantly reduce the risk of contamination in the area.

It will also contribute to the preservation of the marine ecosystem and the oceans, since thanks to the tertiary disinfection treatment, the processed water will be safely discharged into the sea and, in the future, there is the possibility of reusing the treated water in irrigation projects, sanitation services and other uses.

The CABEI manager in Costa Rica, Álvaro Alfaro, said: "We are proud to support initiatives like these, which not only promote decent access to water and sanitation, but also safeguard our natural resources for the present and future by strengthening environmental resilience and improving the quality of life of families in Puerto Viejo."

In turn, he emphasized the Bank's commitment to the sustainable development of the country and highlighted that this is one of the many works contemplated in the "Supply Program for the Metropolitan Area of San José, Urban Aqueducts and Sanitary Sewerage of Puerto Viejo de Limón (AyA)" financed by AyA for US$103.5 million, which seeks to guarantee access to drinking water and adequate sanitation for Costa Ricans, as well as the other three programs that are executed with AyA in different parts of the country and which are expected to directly benefit more than 1 million Costa Ricans.