IN BRIEF – AMERICAS
- From: Vol 7, Issue 7 (July 2006)
- Category: Brief
- Region: Americas
- Country: Mexico and Peru
* Peru’s water services regulator Sunass has proposed a 16% increase in water tariffs for state-run Sedapal, which provides water for Lima and the neighbouring Callao port, to help generate $606 million in investment for crumbling infrastructure and leaking pipes over the next five years.
The proposal is the second this year, as Sunass withdrew its heavily criticised master plan for Sedapal at the start of 2006 after suggesting a doubling of water tariffs to finance investment. Sedapal has been involved in drawing up the new plans and is required to carry them out once they are approved. Following strong popular resistance to privatising the ...
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