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08-07-2008, 02:30 PM
Frank Rodriguez, on behalf of the National Institute for Potable Water (INAPA) and Miguel Angel Encinas, on behalf of the Spanish International Agency for Cooperation (AECID), have signed an agreement whereby AECID will help update the DR's water analysis laboratories and help strengthen INAPA. The project is worth RD$32 million, of which AECID is paying RD$13 million and INAPA RD$19 million. Part of the funds will be used to build a water testing facility in Barahona. Samples will no longer need to be taken to Santo Domingo for quality testing. Rodriguez welcomed the agreement and said, "what's the point of building aqueducts if you don't have an organization that can manage them?"
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