Barbados is seeking US$39 million in grant funding from the Green Climate Fund (GCF) for the upgrade of the Bridgetown Sewage Treatment Plant.
This was disclosed by the Barbados Water Authority’s (BWA) technical consultant Dr John Mwanza during a tour of the facility by GCF’s executive director Dr Yannick Glemare yesterday.
“The whole intent of the upgrade of the Bridgetown plant is to be able to reuse the treated waste water for irrigation and groundwater return,” Mwanza explained.
Consultant Dr Hugh Sealy said the funds would finance the upgrade of that plant “from a secondary to a tertiary treatment plant”. (GC)
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