Water and Sanitation Services for Peruvian Cities

Chimbote and Nuevo Chimbote are located in Peru’s North coast, around 450 km north of Lima. Their metropolitan area has a basic potable water service coverage of barely 70%, operating at best 12 hours a day on average and with pressures below urban standards. Similarly, basic sanitation covers 70% of the agglomeration but most wastewater is still discharged without treatment to the ocean. Water needs are largely dependent on supplies from three rivers, whose feeding regimes are seasonal. Moreover, climate change also introduces a great variability of water resources.

This project supports the development of the “Grandes Ciudades” program led by the Peruvian National Urban Sanitation Program, PNUS. It finances large infrastructure works, their associated detailed engineering, supervision, and project management. The EU-funded technical cooperation ensures long-term sustainability and provides capacity building for PNUS and the public water utility serving the cities of Chimbote and Nuevo Chimbote, SEDACHIMBOTE. The project contributes to the EU’s Equality Flagship under the Global Gateway Green Deal for Peru and promotes participation of European companies in construction works.

The project comprises three components:

• Expansion and improvement works for the drinking water System, financed by AFD;
• Expansion and improvement works for the sewerage System, financed by AFD;
• Capacity Building, financed by the EU.