Three huge projects, known as Proyectos-Trasvases, are being carried out by the engineering corps of Cuba's Revolutionary Armed Forces, working together with the Instituto Nacional de Recursos Hidraulicos (HNRI).
In Holguin province, some $12.2 million and 35 million pesos were spent on water works between 2007 and 2009, according to Rene Mesa Villafana, president of HNRI.