Peru Secures $77m Loan for Water Projects

Peru is to receive a loan of $77m from Andean Development Corporation to improve drinking water and sewage services in marginal areas of Lima.

The project includes the construction of an intake line on the Rimac River, which will supply 10m³ cubic metres of water per second, and Huachipa Drinking Water Treatment Plant with a capacity of 5m³ per second.

It also includes the construction of a 27km North Branch conveyance line to supply treated water from the Huachipa plant to north Lima and five reservoirs with a capacity of 23,000m³.

The project will benefit about 2.4 million inhabitants in the North and East Cones of metropolitan Lima and 500,000 other households.

The total project will cost $270m, out of which 29% will be met by the Andean Development Corporation fund with the remaining amount sourced elsewhere.