República Dominicana

 General Information 

The National Institute of Potable Water and Sewage (INAPA, as abbreviated in Spanish) leads the water and sanitation sector, and the water and financing policies.

The national legislation (Law 5994/2) entrusts INAPA with the responsibility to manage the different resources for the administration, operation, and exploitation of the sewage systems and disposal of wastewater, including the regulations for the definition of tariffs and the charges for the services outsourced to the operators. Strengthening the Wastewater Discharge Guidelines to update the Law (No. 01-2012) is a priority to the country and an area in which GEF CReW+ is providing support.

With regard to financing, INAPA's regulations establish the application of tariffs and charges as the basis for the financial sustainability of the systems. These, in turn,  cover the functioning, management, operation, and construction of new infrastructure and need to be updated to overcome the existing gaps and challenges.

GEF CReW+ in the Dominican Republic 

The project provides support for national activities in three components: 

• Component 1:  Institutional, policy, legislative and regulatory reforms for Integrated Water and Wastewater Management (IWWM).

• Component 2:  Sustainable and tailor-made financing options for urban, peri-urban and rural IWWM. 

• Component 3: Provision of innovative small-scale, local, rural, peri-urban and community-based solutions for IWWM.