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Water supply and sanitation in Latin America is characterized by insufficient access and in many cases by poor service quality, with detrimental impacts on public health. [1] Water and sanitation services are provided by a vast array of mostly local service providers under an often fragmented policy and regulatory framework.
Each country in Latin America has its own set of standards, and these vary according to types of water use, agricultural, industrial or recreational use. Water quality is maintained by controlling the physicochemical and bacteriological parameters. The majority of water laws include fines for noncompliance. In many cases fines are inadequate ...
The Chilean water supply and sanitation sector today are recognized with one of the best coverage and quality levels in Latin America. One of the reasons was a gradual and lasting extension of infrastructure which began in the 1970s.
Millions across Latin America face a similar dilemma. The situation in Haiti, the poorest country in the Americas, is the most dire by far. In parts of Latin America, water shortages undermine ...
A comprehensive sector policy, introduced in 1994, aimed at increasing water and sanitation investments through targeted transfers to municipalities, improving service quality and efficiency by promoting private sector participation in the poorest parts of the country where utilities were not performing well, the establishment of autonomous regulatory agencies at the national level, increased ...
This is a list of the different responsibilities in the water supply and sanitation sector in several Latin American and Caribbean countries.It includes the responsible institutions which set sector policies, agencies of economic regulation and service providers in urban and rural areas.
In 2015, around 1.1 million people lacked access to "at least basic" water and around 2.2 million lacked access to "at least basic" sanitation. [citation needed]In 2004, water supply coverage (piped on premises) stood at 90% in urban and 67% in rural areas while Improved sanitation coverage in 2004 was 95% of urban and 79% of rural households.
The challenges include water scarcity in the northern and central parts of the country; inadequate water service quality (drinking water quality; 11% of Mexicans receiving water only intermittently as of 2014); [9] poor technical and commercial efficiency of most utilities (with an average level of non-revenue water of 43.2% in 2010); [10 ...