drinking water

Santo Domingo.- The Dominican Government, through the Ministry of Energy and Mines and the University of Texas Austin (UT), formally launched a research project to align and strengthen the country's technical data base on the hydrocarbon potential of maritime and land basins. The implementation of the “Regional Evaluation of the energy potential in terrestrial and marine sedimentary basins, the Dominican Republic and the adjacent Caribbean Sea” was chaired by Minister Joel Santos, upon receivin…

Santo Domingo.-President Luis Abinadera assured that the Government is developing a broad program of evaluation, reinforcement and rehabilitation of strategic infrastructures to reduce the country's vulnerability to a possible earthquake, following the recommendations of national and international experts in structural engineering. The head of state explained that, after technical evaluations carried out by specialists, the Government has carried out interventions in bridges, schools and other …

Samaná.-President Luis Abinader led a close meeting this Saturday with Samaná community members within the framework of “The Government With You”, in which he prioritized the search and monitoring of solutions to common problems and basic services such as drinking water. Likewise, he highlighted the importance of improving the internal road between the municipalities of Sánchez and Las Terrenas. In this scenario, the head of State maintains direct contact with Dominicans, giving them the oppor…

Participated in the groundbreaking ceremony for Phase II of the Anuradhapura North Water Supply Project this morning (10). Pleased to mark the commencement of the second phase of this project, which aims to provide clean and safe drinking water to 67,000 families in the Divisional Secretariat areas of Padaviya, Kebithigollewa, Horowpothana and Kahatagasdigiliya in the Anuradhapura District. It has been established that the lack of access to safe drinking water has been a major contributing facto…

The president was accompanied by the First Lady of the Nation, Leticia Ocampos; the Minister of Public Works and Communications, Claudia Centurión, as well as national authorities and technical teams from the MOPC. The work includes the paving of 62.29 kilometers, soil movement, drainage systems, signaling and installation of metal defenses, within the framework of the so-called MOPC No. 87/2024, with an impact on nearly 900,000 inhabitants of the department. Infrastructure that improves quali…

Duarte.-The executive director of the National Institute of Drinking Water and Sewage (Inapa), Wellington Arnaud, gave the first word to begin the expansion work on the San Francisco de Macorís aqueduct, which will benefit more than 285,200 inhabitants and has an estimated investment of RD 3,699,521,760.69. Arnaud highlighted that the project is part of President Luis Abinader's commitment to continue strengthening the drinking water infrastructure throughout the country, as well as guaranteein…

Santo Domingo.- The Minister of Energy and Mines, Joel Santos, stated that the Dominican Republic has a defined strategy and planning focused on current demands and the requirements of the next decade, to face the challenges of the energy sector and adapt to new consumption trends and demand growth. During the opening remarks of Energyear Caribe 2026, a regional energy debate meeting held in Santo Domingo, with the participation of more than 600 representatives of companies in the energy sector…

Santo Domingo.- The executive director of the National Institute of Drinking Water and Sewage (Inapa), Wellington Arnaud, met with businessmen, neighborhood associations, members of the press and authorities from the Espaillat province to share the progress of the Water Supply and Wastewater Services Improvement Project in Moca and Gaspar Hernández, financed by the World Bank. The official explained that the project is executed under the technical, fiduciary, environmental and social standards …

Santo Domingo.- The general director of the Santo Domingo Aqueduct and Sewer Corporation (Caasd), engineer Fellito Suberví, reported that the institution is executing an extensive program of works to strengthen the supply of drinking water, extend sanitation coverage and modernize the hydraulic infrastructure in Greater Santo Domingo. During one of his tours of the works carried out by the institution throughout Greater Santo Domingo, Fellito supervised the ravines in the process of being clean…

Santo Domingo.-The Dominican Electric Transmission Company (ETED) will contract, no later than August, 600 megawatts (MW) of energy storage for two hours, an initiative that will allow the largest incorporation of storage systems in the Caribbean and strengthen the reliability and stability of the National Interconnected Electric System (SENI). The announcement was made by the executive vice president of the ETED, Alfonso Rodríguez Tejada, during his participation in the conversation “ETED's lo…