To enhance the Municipality's water management system and operations and address challenges with the existing water supply
Introduction The main objective of the Catalyste+ assignment is to focus on the water management system, however additional tasks include capacity building with respect to other departments within the municipality including cadastral, environment and information technology where possible. Currently Copan Ruinas obtains its potable water from existing creeks flowing through the community. It collects surface water at intakes along the creek and pipes it to a treatment facility. The current facility is not operating as designed and limited treatment with chlorination is provided before it is pumped to two storage locations. One storage tank serves the lower town and the other serves the middle town. The upper town is currently served by local suppliers to the community. A project was undertaken in 2006 entitled "Design, Rehabilitation and Expansion of the Drinking Water and Sanitary Sewage Systems. Feasibility study and design for the expansion of the drinking water and ...