The ICC is providing technical assistance to the Government of Guatemala, through the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources (MARN), for the water supply of the temporary hospital located in Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa, Escuintla that is being built for the health emergency due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The ICC assistance ... Read More

The hydrometric station was installed on March 30th near the mouth of the Achiguate River. These actions are part of the project called "Use of sensors and monitoring services to increase water control", financed by the Research Foundation in coordination with the ICC, Action Against Hunger Spain - Guatemala and ... Read More

In the first week of March, ICC professionals presented the results of the evaluation of vulnerable points of the longitudinal dam in an 18 km section of the lower part of the Coyolate River. During the first two months of 2020 ICC carried out the following activities: Luis Reyes, Director of ... Read More

The Disaster Risk Management and the Climate and Hydrology Research programs of ICC coordinated the project called “Use of sensors and monitoring services to increase water control ”, financed by the RESEARCH Foundation in coordination with Action Against Hunger Spain - Guatemala and companies in the area. The project contributed with ... Read More

Alex Guerra ICC’s Director, participated on February 4th as a panellist at the event "Business and Biodiversity" in the Dominican Republic. The activity was organized by the German cooperation (GIZ-DABIO program) and government authorities. Other participants included speakers from Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Honduras and Guatemala. For the past six ... Read More

ICC started a series of training workshops on rainwater and fog harvesting. The workshops are being conducted by the Disaster Risk Management program of ICC in coordination with World Vision and the Municipality of Siquinalá; and funding by We Are Water Foundation from Spain as part of the project “Rehabilitation ... Read More

ICC manages a network of 30 meteorological stations in southern Guatemala, and now there are three new stations recently installed in El Salvador. The installation of the three meteorological stations in El Salvador is a cooperative effort between the Sugar Company of El Salvador (Grupo CASSA) and ICC. The stations are ... Read More