Today LAC Operators face similar challenges: service provision in areas with social and economic inequities, deficient infrastructure, and invoice collection problems.
While the population in the region grows and climate change effects are accelerating, the incorporation of better practices supported by adequate capacity-strengthening processes becomes essential for the achievement of the SDGs.
Speakers: Valeria Suarez (WOP-LAC), Ignatius Jean (CARI-WOP)
Duration: 15 minutes
Soluciones para el tratamiento de aguas residuales / Solutions for wastewater treatment
- CARIBSAN: Un partenariado enfocado en soluciones para el tratamiento de aguas residuales basadas en la naturaleza en el Caribe / CARIBSAN: A partnership for nature-based solution for wastewater treatment in the Caribbean
Speakers: Magnus Barny Williams (DOWASCO, Commonwealth of Dominica), Ignatius Jean (CARI WOP)
- Método participativo para definir la PTAR apropiada para zonas rurales / Participative method for selecting the aporpriate wastewater treatment plant in rural areas
Speakers: Igor Ruz (FESAN, Chile), Monserrath Bolaños Alfaro (UNAGUAS, Costa Rica)
Duration: 30 minutes
Innovación tecnológica y buenas prácticas comerciales / Technological innovation and better commercial practices
- Utilización del ultrasonido en la potabilización de agua con fitoplancton / Ultrasonic technologies in water with phytoplankton treatment
Speakers: Julio García Fernandez (EPM, Colombia), Enzo Bonfanti (Aguas Cordobesas, Argentina)
- Gestión comercial: buenas prácticas para el logro de la sostenibilidad técnica, administrativa y financiera / Commercial management: good practices to achieve technical, administrative and financial sustainability
Speakers: Jorge Rubio Olivares (SAPAS La Piedad, México), Jorge Aguilera Osorto (Aguas de Puerto Cortes, Honduras), Fernando Villalvir (Aguas de Siguatepeque, Honduras)
Duration: 30 minutes
Panel 3 Moderator: Valeria Suarez
Proyecto Sur - Sur a largo plazo, financiado por la UE / Long term South - South project, financed by the EU
Fortalecimiento de capacidades en Saneamiento e Innovación Tecnológica / Capacities strengthening in Sanitation and Technological Innovation
Speakers: Silvia Cervera (OSSE, Argentina), William Guzmán (ANDA, El Salvador)
Duration: 15 minutes
