Peru Improves Water Access With Pronasar

Peru has provided water and sanitation access to more than 522,000 people through the national rural water and sanitation programme Pronasar.

Under the programme, Peru has completed 311 water projects in the areas of Piura, Junin, Ayacucho, Lima, Arequipa, Huanuco, Pasco and Huancavelica, according to andina.com.pe.

The programme aims to provide basic services to 175,000 additional people in the regions of Amazonas, Cajamarca, Cusco, Puno, Lima-Ica, San Martín, Ancash, Lambayeque and Apurimac during 2011-13.

Pronasar representative Vanessa Vereau stressed the need to encourage the participation of users and promote better inter-institutional communication to ensure the quality of water supply and sanitation services in rural areas.

Pronasar and other initiatives have completed a total of 2,215 projects for the benefit of six million people between 2006 and 2010.