Development Bank A US$100,000 technical assistance grant for the GU-T1034 : Strengthening Office of the Presidential Commissioner for Water was approved in September 2005. A loan of $50 million for a GU0150 : Rural Water Investment Program was approved in 2003 for the construction of potable water and sanitation projects to benefit a minimum of 500,000 new rural consumers. Loan components also include institutional strengthening of INFOM and community strengthening. KfW KfW supported rural water and sanitation through a series of four projects implemented by UNEPAR and INFOM. The first three projects, executed between 1987 and 1998, benefited 165 communities in the western and eastern departments at a cost of 28 million Euros. A 2005 evaluation found that about 90% of the water systems were "properly operated and maintained", although only very few water committees disinfected water. The report also states that latrines built with support of the project were in good conditions. World Bank The World Bank financed a US$50 million Guatemalan Second Social Investment Fund loan for community based projects implemented by the Social Fund FIS. The project was approved in 1998 and closed in 2003. It included 14% (US$7 million) dedicated to water and sanitation. See also Water resources management in Guatemala Further reading Emilio Lentini:Servicios de agua potable y saneamiento: beneficios potenciales y condiciones de éxito, CEPAL/BMZ/GTZ 2010 References External links Instituto de Fomento Municipal INFOM, Municipal Development Institute Ministerio de Salud Pública y Asistencia Social, Ministry of Public Health and Social Assistance Ministerio de Ambiente y Recursos Naturales, Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources Secretaria de Planificación y Programación de la Presidencia de la República SEGEPLAN Inter-American Development Bank 2003 Organización Panamericana de la Salud (OPS) 2000 United Nations Development Program 2002 Centro Panamericano de Ingeniería Sanitaria y Ciencias del Ambiente (CEPIS) 1997