Water conservation agreement

[NewsWhore]

An agreement signed by the Ministry of the Environment and the National Institute of Potable Water and Sewers (INAPA) yesterday commits them to working together to preserve the nation's watersheds and forests. Environment Minister Jaime David Fernandez Mirabal and INAPA head Mariano German signed the agreement and told Listin Diario that they would work together to preserve the high elevation watersheds that supply the INAPA water systems around the country. As a result, the INAPA and the Ministry of the Environment will pay local Water Committees to take care of local water sources. Some money will go to reforestation programs with the Environment Ministry supplying the saplings and technical support and INAPA providing personnel and funding. The programs will start in Nagua, Fantino, San Juan de la Maguana, Barahona, Vicente Noble, Neiba, Jimani and Las Terrenas.

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