Tag Archive | Peru
Peru, Lima: Ministers propose decreased tariff hike for poor sectors
Peru’s ministers council (PCM) has proposed a new potable water tariff scheme based on users’ socioeconomic status, according to official gazette El Peruano. The scheme, which would involve increased subsidies for poor areas, aims to mitigate the effects of a proposed tariff hike by national sanitation authority Sunass, according to PCM president Javier Velásquez Quesquén. […]
Peru: govt to approve US$90mn water, sanitation project in Feb 2009
A US$90mn project backed by the Spanish government to improve water and sanitation in Peru’s rural areas is scheduled to be approved in February 2010, an Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) spokesperson said. The Spanish government will donate US$72mn, which will be administered by IDB as part of the two entities’ partnership to tackle water and […]
Peru: Sedapal to raise water rates on industries that pollute
Peru’s state-owned water and sewerage utility Sedapal, serving capital Lima and neighboring Callao, will raise water rates on companies that pollute beginning in January 2010. The rate hike will apply to companies that dump toxic waste into the sewerage system, which leads to greater deterioration in the network. The announcement was made by the president […]
Peru: govt reassigns US$ 7mn “austerity” savings to water and sanitation
Peru’s President Alan García signed on Sunday (Sep 27) a supreme decree that authorizes the transfer of 21.5mn soles (US$7.4mn) for 139 municipalities to carry out 174 potable water and basic sanitation projects. The funds – to be included in the public sector budget for fiscal year 2009 – will come from the so-called equality […]
Post-construction support and sustainability in community-managed rural water supply
Bakalian, A. and Wakeman, W. (eds) (2009). Post-construction support and sustainability in community-managed rural water supply : case studies in Peru, Bolivia, and Ghana. (Water Sector Board discussion paper series ; no. 14). Washington, DC, USA, Bank-Netherlands Water Partnership (BNWP), World Bank. xvii, 114 p. : 2 boxes, 1 fig., 38 tab. Incl. ref. Download […]
Peru: local water utilities bankrupt, new legislation proposed
The majority of Peru’s 50 regional water utilities (EPS) are on the brink of bankruptcy – having registered negative financial results – and 41 have a total debt of US$1.62bn , according congressman Isaac Serna. Serna has presented a bill to strengthen EPS [by creating] policies to finance, modernize and reorganize the management of the […]
Peru, Lima: investing in large-scale desalination, but what about plugging the leaks first
While a US$280mn desalination project is being proposed to provide drinking water to the Peruvian capital Lima, wouldn’t it be better to “plug the leaks” first? A group of mayors from Peru’s southern Lima districts have asked President Alan García to speed up a project to build a seawater desalination plant in the area. [...] […]
Peru, Lima: using carbon bonds to finance wastewater treatment
The Andean Development Corporation (CAF) and Peru’s state water utility Sedapal have signed an agreement to start a pilot project at the Carapongo wastewater treatment plant, in Lima’s Ate Vitarte district. [...] Sedapal has bought equipment to burn the methane gas that is produced at the facility. CAF will assist with studies related to the sale of carbon bonds, […]
Peru: Ministers approve legislation to accelerate public works tenders
Peru’s ministerial council has approved a law to cut in half [from 60 to 30 days] the timeframe for awarding public potable water and sanitation tenders, local press reported. Together, the initiatives account for US$1.5bn in the 2009 budget. [...] The new legislation will apply not only to ministries but also to regional and local […]
Peru: Anepssa opposed to new water law
Peru’s national association of water and sewerage utilities Anepssa fears that the new water law will put utilities in danger and affect the development of the sector. [..] Article 40 of the new water law establishes that utilities cannot cut potable water services for nonpayment of bills. Congress is likely to fully approve the water […]
