Paraguay is considering $2.4 billion of potable water and sanitation works over the next five years, BNamericas reported, citing the landlocked South American nation’s public works and communications ministry. Five projects under consideration include a $518 million sewer and wastewater-treatment plant in the capital Asuncion, a $412 million system in the Ypacarai lake basin and water and sewage upgrades in Ciudad del Este, Presidente Franco and two other towns, BNamericas said today in the report.