Drought puts pressure on Sedapal

A water shortage has forced the Peruvian utility to turn off the capital’s water every night. Leticia Lozano in Lima examines whether this will change attitudes towards privatisation.

Peru’s ailing state water company Sedapal is facing the worst crisis in its history, but a strong resistance to privatisation means a solution to its ills is not within easy reach.

Starved of investment for decades, Sedapal is now unable to meet water demand for the 40% of Peru’s 27 million-strong population it serves. The company announced in ...

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