River pollution could cost Colombia govt $11.1B to clean up: environment minister
River pollution could cost Colombia govt $11.1B to clean up: environment minister
Jun 5, 2014 posted by Tim Hinchliffe
Colombias rivers could cost the government $11.1 billion to clean up, the countrys Environment Minister said on Thursday.
Colombias Environment Minister Luz Helena Sarmiento warned that the government would have to spend 3.5% of the nations $369.9 billion gross domestic product (GDP) in order to clean Colombias waterways, Colombias El Espectador newspaper reported on Thursday.
Sarmiento, speaking at the inauguration of the fourth International Fair for the Environment (FIMA) in Bogota, went on to say that the government would have to invest five times the cost of Colombias 100,000 free homes project for the poor if they wanted to clean the contaminated river water.
In the past 18 months, the Colombian government has invested more than $790 million to improve the Bogota River according to Colombias El Espectador newspaper.
More:
http://colombiareports.co/river-pollution-cost-colombia-govt-11-1b-clean/