Residents of Alajuelita and Tibas in Costa Rica have spoken out against statements made by the executive president of AyA, Juan Manuel Quesada, regarding the ongoing water shortages in their communities.
Costa Rica's water supply is under severe strain due to the scarcity of rainfall during the dry season and the ongoing drought caused by the El Niño phenomenon.
QCOSTARICA The Universidad de Costa Rica (UCR) - University of Costa Rica - reported that Xylene (Xileno in Spanish) is the main contaminant polluting water in the Greater Metropolitan Area (GAM) cantons of Moravia, Tibás, and Goicochea. In a brief statement to the press, the UCR indicated that the research carried out by several…
QCOSTARICA In the latest submission by Costa Rica's refinery that refines nothing, the Refinadora Costarricense del Petróleo (RECOPE) to the regulating authority, the Autoridad Reguladora de Servicios Públicos (Aresep), if approved, would see prices of regular gasoline and diesel drop, while there will be an increase in super gasoline. The change, if approved as…
QCOSTARICA - The public services segulatory authority - Autoridad Reguladora de los Servicios Públicos (ARESEP) - began on Wednesday the process of a reduction of ¢75 colones for a liter regular gasoline, ¢17 for super and ¢59 for diesel. This decrease in prices, when approved without any changes, would go into effect in the first…