Water supply and sanitation in Peru
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Not to be confused with Water resources management in Peru or Irrigation in Peru.
The water and sanitation sector in Peru has made important advances in the last two decades, including the increase of water coverage from 30% to 85% between 1980 and 2010. Sanitation coverage has also increased from 9% to 37% from 1985 to 2010 in rural areas.[3] Advances have also been achieved concerning the disinfection of drinking water and in sewage treatment. Nevertheless, many challenges remain, such as:
- Insufficient service coverage;
- Poor service quality which puts the population's health at risk;
- Deficient sustainability of built systems;
- Tariffs that do not cover the investment and operational costs, as well as the maintenance of services;
- Institutional and financial weakness; and,
- Excess of human resources, poorly qualified, and high staff turnover.
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Access to an improved water source | 85%[1] |
Access to improved sanitation | 71%[1] |
Share of collected wastewater treated | 22% (2004) |
Continuity of supply | 71%[2] |
Average urban water use (L/person/day) | 259 |
Average urban water and sanitation tariff (US$/m3) | 0.38 |
Share of household metering | 50% |
Annual investment in WSS | US$6/capita |
Share of self-financing by utilities | very low |
Share of tax-financing | n/a |
Share of external financing | n/a |
Institutions | |
Decentralization to municipalities | Full, since 1990 |
National water and sanitation company | None |
Water and sanitation regulator | Yes |
Responsibility for policy setting | Ministry of Housing, Construction and Sanitation |
Sector law | Yes (1994 and amended subsequently) |
No. of urban service providers | 50 companies and 490 municipalities |
No. of rural service providers | 11,800 |
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