Government will invest more than $663,000 million in water and basic sanitation projects – Sectors – Economy
In the country, 12 million people have inadequate access to drinking water servicethis represents 25 percent of the population and 3.2 million people do not have any access, this situation being especially critical in the rural sector. According to the Ministry of Housing, about 1.5 million people carry out their physiological needs outdoors and only 52 percent of wastewater is treated.(Also read: MinVivienda contracts more than $100 billion to guarantee drinking water to La Guajira) Photo: bogota aqueduct The worst forms of backwardness in terms of water and sanitation occur in a context of poverty Against this background, the Ministry…
