Not to be confused with Water resources management in Peru or Irrigation in Peru.
Water supply and sanitation in Peru
Data
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
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.
^ abWorld Health Organization; UNICEF (2010). "Joint Monitoring Program". Archived from the original on 2008-02-16. Retrieved 2011-08-23.
World Health Organization; UNICEF (2010). "Joint Monitoring Program for Water Supply and Sanitation. Coverage Estimates Improved Drinking Water" (PDF). Retrieved 2011-08-23.
World Health Organization; UNICEF (2010). "Joint Monitoring Program for Water Supply and Sanitation. Coverage Estimates Improved Drinking Sanitation" (PDF). Retrieved 2011-08-23.
Source: Data for water and sanitation based on National Census (2007) Censos Nacionales de Población y Vivienda and other sources.
^(in Spanish) National Housing and Water Plan 2006-2015, p. 73
^"WHO/UNICEF JMP". Archived from the original on 2014-02-09. Retrieved 2012-07-16.
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