Treatment plants in Villa Nueva (private and public)
~150; ~25% working well
2017RepúblicaLow. Villa Nueva concentrates '150 plants… private and public' for treatment, of which only about 25% were working properly in 2017 (República, May 15, 2017). The Villalobos river basin 'contributes more than 95% of the water' reaching Lake Amatitlán, and the river carries 2.50 m³/s (2,500 L/s) of wastewater and 1.5 million tonnes of sediment a year (AMSA 2016, cited by EMPAGUA and República); the basin covers 14 municipalities and more than 2 million inhabitants (Prensa Libre, Mar 17, 2021). For an entrant held to ESG standards the differential is large and visible.
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- Wastewater carried by the Villalobos river2.50 m³/s2,500 L/sAMSA 2016EMPAGUA/MGCS; República
- Sediment carried into the lake1.5 million t/yearAMSA 2016EMPAGUA/MGCS; República
- Villalobos basin's contribution to the lake>95% of the waterAMSA 2016EMPAGUA/MGCS
- Amatitlán basin14 municipalities; >2 M inhabitants2021Prensa Libre