Placencia Project

The Background – The Government of Belize and Belize Water Services Limited (BWSL), with the support of the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB, the “Bank”) and the Global Environment Facility (GEF) have entered into agreement for a program to support economic development and improve the quality of life of the residents in the Placencia Peninsula through environmental improvements.

The Objective – The goal of the proposed project is to support economic development and improve the quality of life of the residents in the Placencia Peninsula through environmental improvements. Specifically, the project seeks to increase access to wastewater management treatment in Belize through the development of a new sewerage collection and treatment system in the Placencia Peninsula.

Current Status –

• The Feasibility Study of the project was completed by Halcrow and is available upon request.
• Tenders for the detailed design of the project will be submitted 15th April 2013.
• The detailed design is projected to be completed by January 2014.
• The tender for the construction of the collection and treatment systems is projected to go out by February 2014.
• An 18 months construction period is projected to complete and commission the wastewater system.