Overview
- Official Peruvian data featured for the observance report more than 11 million people without adequate potable water service, including 3.5 million without a public network connection and 7.6 million without sewerage.
- Studies cited in national coverage warn Peru could have only about 60% of today’s potable water within 40 years due to climate change.
- Lima registers roughly 125 cubic meters of water per person per year, about eight times below the World Health Organization’s scarcity threshold, underscoring severe urban water stress.
- Global figures referenced across reports note over 2.2 billion people lack safely managed drinking water and nearly 4 billion encounter severe water scarcity at least one month each year.
- Civil and local efforts marked the week with education and outreach, including Aquafondo’s Guardianes del Agua campaign in Lima, church and science events in La Plata focused on ‘Water and Gender,’ and municipal programs in Morelia urging citizen participation.