The environmental and natural resources committee of the Nicaraguan congress has started debating a bill aimed at giving communal potable water and sewerage committees (CAPS) legal authority to manage financing from national and international entities for maintenance and improvement of potable water systems.

Additionally, the entities would receive technical support from national water utility Enacal.

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Web sites: Enacal ; Comités de Agua Potable y Saneamiento (CAPS) blog ; Wikipedia - Water supply and sanitation in Nicaragua

Source: BNamericas [subscription site], 30 Apr 2009; Asamblea Nacional [in Spanish], 29 Apr 2009

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