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Forest Fires Threaten Water Sources in Honduras

19 Apr 2013 - 08:15 by OOSKAnews Correspondent

TEGUCIGALPA, HONDURAS — The intense forest fires currently burning in Honduras are affecting the main water sources in the region.

Tegucigalpa Water Threatened by Strike

14 Mar 2013 - 07:52 by OOSKAnews Correspondent

TEGUCIGALPA, HONDURAS — Employees of National Aqueducts and Sanitation Service (SANAA), have announced plans to strike over $6.2 million USD the company is owed by the government. The strike could leave the Honduran

Honduras’ SANAA Awaits Decision on Rate Increase

14 Feb 2013 - 01:00 by OOSKAnews Correspondent

TEGUCIGALPA, HONDURAS — Honduras’ water and sewer regulator is expected to announce a decision on whether to grant a request by the nation’s Autonomous National Aqueduct and Sanitation Service (SANAA) to raise tariffs b

Honduras’ SANAA Says Lack of Funding Blocks Decentralization Effort

5 Feb 2013 - 01:00 by OOSKAnews Correspondent

TEGUCIGALPA, HONDURAS — SANAA, Honduras’ national water utility, said last week that lack of resources is blocking the transfer of services to municipal authorities as required by the country’s Drinking Water and Sanitati

Honduras’ National Water Company to Be Transferred to Municipal Control

15 Oct 2012 - 08:32 by OOSKAnews Correspondent

TEGUCIGALPA, HONDURAS — Management of national water company SANAA is to be handed over to the municipality of Tegucigalpa this month, according to officials.

Honduran Engineers Raise Concerns About Country’s Infrastructure, Tenders

10 Sep 2012 - 00:00 by OOSKAnews Correspondent

TEGUCIGALPA, HONDURAS — The president of the Association of Civil Engineers of Honduras (CICH) has raised serious concerns about the integrity of water and energy infrastructure in the country, saying its condition poses

61 Percent of Honduran Households Without Water Services

5 Apr 2012 - 11:38 by OOSKAnews Correspondent

TEGUCIGALPA, HONDURAS — Sixty-one percent of households in Honduras do not have access to water services due to the lack of proper water supply infrastructure, according to Jaime Vargas Tabarini, director of local NGO A

Honduras Launches 2012 Campaign Against Dengue

24 Feb 2012 - 16:23 by OOSKAnews Correspondent

TEGUCIGALPA, HONDURAS — Honduras’ Health Ministry this month launched its 2012 national campaign against dengue. 

Honduras’ El Cajon Dam on Alert After Earthquake

24 Feb 2012 - 16:20 by OOSKAnews Correspondent

TEGUCIGALPA, HONDURAS — Honduras’ Permanent Contingency Commission (COPECO) has stepped up monitoring of the multi-purpose El Cajon Dam this month in the wake of a 4.7-magnitude earthquake in the region.

Indigenous Hondurans Protests Expansion of Mining, Oil Sectors

1 Feb 2012 - 11:12 by Local Press Report

TEGUCIGALPA (Latinamerica Press) — Indigenous groups in Honduras are protesting a bill that would regulate and expand mining and hydrocarbon sectors in the country, saying further development of these industries would harm their com

US, Honduran Researchers Install Potable Water Treatment Plant in Honduras

27 Dec 2011 - 15:37 by Local Press Report

TEGUCIGALPA (Zamorano University (Press Release)) — Honduran agricultural university Zamorano an Cornell University in the United States have partnered for a project to install a potable water treatment plant in Honduras.

ONE DROP and Partners Hold International Meeting on Water, Arts, Education

1 Dec 2011 - 11:56 by Local Press Report

TEGUCIGALPA (MarketWatch) — The 3rd International Meeting on Water, Social Arts and Popular Education took place on November 25-28 in Tegucigalpa, Honduras.

First WASH Accountability Forum to Be Held in Honduras Next Month

10 Nov 2011 - 11:20 by OOSKAnews Correspondent

TEGUCIGALPA, HONDURAS — Over a dozen international non-governmental organizations including Water For People, Save the Children and Catholic Relief Services, will gather in rural Honduras next month for the first WASH A

Minerco Receives Environmental Permit for Chiligatoro Project

10 Nov 2011 - 09:57 by Local Press Report

TEGUCIGALPA (Energy Business Review) — Minerco Resources received an environmental permit from the Honduran government for the Chiligatoro hydropower project.

SANAA Issues Tenders for Main Dams, Water System in Tegucigalpa

20 Oct 2011 - 10:45 by OOSKAnews Correspondent

TEGUCIGALPA, HONDURAS — Honduras’ national water and sanitation authority, SANAA, allocated $25 million USD to improve water services in the capital city, according SANAA manager Danilo Alvarado. 

Honduran Environmental Prize Awarded to Water Harvest Project

13 Oct 2011 - 10:33 by Local Press Report

TEGUCIGALPA (SABMiller Plc (Press Release)) — CHF International was awarded the prize in the category of “Institutions, NGOs, Public Sector and Business” as part of Honduras National Environmental Awards.

Resources Concessions Linked to Conflicts and Violence in Honduras

29 Sep 2011 - 11:11 by OOSKAnews Correspondent

TEGUCIGALPA, HONDURAS — Degradation of Honduras’ hydrological resources is contributing to increasingly violent conflicts in the country, raising concerns at the national and international levels. 

UNICEF Forum Addresses Youth Concerns

11 Aug 2011 - 10:52 by Local Press Report

TEGUCIGALPA (Honduras Weekly) — At a meeting with young people in Honduras last week, Bernt Aasen, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean heard about concerns of Honduran

SANAA Customers Complain of Poor Water Quality

3 Aug 2011 - 19:40 by OOSKAnews Correspondent

TEGUCIGALPA, HONDURAS — Residents of the Honduran capital are no longer being supplied with “chocolate-colored” water, according to Danilo Alvarado, manager of the National Autonomous Aqueduct and Sewer Service (SANAA).

Studies to Begin for Guacerique II Drinking Water Project in Tegucigalpa

3 Aug 2011 - 19:21 by OOSKAnews Correspondent

HONDURAS, TEGULCIGALPA — Studies for the $200 million USD Guacerique II Dam project in Tegucigalps are scheduled to begin in September, according to Danilo Alvarado, head of the Honduran National Water and Sewage Authori

$2 Million USD for River Basin Management in Honduras

20 Jul 2011 - 22:19 by OOSKAnews Correspondent

TEGUCIGALPA, HONDURAS — The Honduran capital, Tegucigalpa, has received $2 million USD from the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) to manage the Hombre and Gucerique river basins. 

Honduran Capital Starts Water Rationing Program

17 Mar 2011 - 10:39 by OOSKAnews Correspondent

TEGUCIGALPA, HONDURAS — Honduran national water authority Sanaa began a water rationing program in the capital at the beginning of the month.

Water Shortage in Honduran Capital

9 Dec 2009 - 16:02 by OOSKAnews Correspondent

TEGUCIGALPA, HONDURAS — The Honduran national water authority, Sanaa, in November declared a state of emergency in the capital city of Tegucigalpa due to low water levels in the area's reservoirs.