COUNTRY CONTEXT
Peru is one of the richest countries in terms of water resources, but it is unevenly distributed across the territory: the majority of the population (62.5%) lives in the dry coastal desert area of the Pacific basin, with only 2.5% of the country’s available water.
The gaps in access to water and sanitation services also reflect the inequality between urban and rural areas. Despite the efforts made by the country in recent years, it is estimated that in rural areas 25.3% of the population does not have access to public water networks and 76.3% does not have access to public sewage networks. This urban-rural inequality also extends to water quality, with only 2.2% of the population in rural areas having access to chlorinated water.
