Sunass: Eliminate Water Tariff Increase This Year

Mauro Gutierrez, Executive President Sunassruled out that this year there will be a reorganization in water consumption for users sedapal; At the same time, he did not rule out that next year there will be a reorganization.

“In 2024, the forecast is expected to increase by about eight percentage points, and this will depend on the level of achievement of the set goals,” he explained.

The official also explained how the coverage in the country is going.

As he stated, although Urban area coverage is 96%, in rural areas this figure drops to 75%.

“Eight out of ten people have access to the public network, however, if we look at all the people who do not have access to the public water supply network, there are 1.5 million in the suburban area and 1.5 million in the rural areas. As we can see , the urban population is almost the same as the population living in rural areas,” he said.

In addition, the number of hours per day that a person has depending on the region in which he lives is alarming. For example, in Lima, on average, 22 hours of water supply, but in Pure it only reaches 6 and there are other areas where they have a resource for three hours.

The official also detailed the difference in price paid by families connected to the public water network compared to those who have to buy water through a cistern.

“In Lima, the average family consumes more or less 14 m³ of water per month, or 14,000 liter bottles; for this amount, plus the average cost of sewerage, a family receiving a targeted subsidy pays about 47 sols. targeted subsidy, you pay 57 soles,” he explained.

In another reality live those people who live in areas without public network connection. “In an area that is not connected and is forced to buy a service through a tank truck, on average this person consumes not 14 m3, but 5 m3, that is, a third of the family, but in the end pays twice as much,” he warned.

The shortage reaches schools

A few days ago, via RPP Noticias, the Dean of the College of Education of Peru reported that 3 out of 10 schools do not have a drinking water connection. This affects the quality of education, especially for children who do not have a service or home.

“In Lima, there are about 200,000 children without access to water, and nationally we are talking about about 800,000 children under the age of 12 who do not have access to water, and these schools do not have access to water to some extent. . water, he said.