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The Municipality of Guatemala City created the Municipal Water Company (Empresa Municipal de Agua) (EMPAGUA) in 1972 to manage Guatemala City’s sewage and water services. Today it is the largest municipal water provider in the country. [13] XELAGUA manages the water supplies in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala’s second largest city. [8]
Guatemala and Honduras: One of the most plastic-emitting rivers in the world, contributing around two percent of global plastic pollution emissions into oceans annually. [168] Highly polluted with untreated sewage, industrial waste, tons of sediment (garbage) and blackwater from Guatemala City carried by the Río Las Vacas tributary. [169]
Overall, the risk of sinkholes occurring in Guatemala City is very high and often unpredictable. [6] One recent, similar sinkhole had collapsed in 2007, forming a pit 100 m (330 feet) deep. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] The 2007 Guatemala City sinkhole was formed by fluid from a sewer eroding uncemented volcanic ash , limestone , and other pyroclastic deposits ...
Mario Mérida, a retired colonel and security expert, said that in the wake of Guatemala’s 36-year civil war, the military has a better understanding of how its actions against civilians are viewed.
A bright green liquid leaked from a New York City manhole cover in bizarre footage. There's literal green sludge bubbling up from the ground next to World Trade Center right now,” Dan Pantelo ...
GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Riot police began efforts Tuesday to clear roadblocks by protesters that have paralyzed parts of Guatemala for more than a week, just hours after President Alejandro ...
The sinkhole was created by fluid from a sewer eroding uncemented volcanic ash, limestone, and other pyroclastic deposits underlying Guatemala City. [1] [2] The hazards around the pipe have since then been mitigated, by improved handling of the city's wastewater and runoff, [3] and plans to develop on the site have been proposed.
GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) -Bernardo Arevalo, who won Sunday's Guatemalan presidential runoff by a landslide, said he wants to work with the U.S. to expand temporary work programs for migrants there ...