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The highest water use can be found in some utilities in Brazil and Argentina, where water resources are abundant and water use is almost 500 liter/capita/day. [10] The lowest water use is in Aguas de Illimani serving La Paz, the capital of Bolivia, with less than 50 liter/capita/day. In rural areas water use is sometimes even lower than this level.
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.
The water and sanitation regulatory system in Chile is considered by the WHO to be a model not only for Latin America, but also for Europe. [29] One of its innovative features is the use of a hypothetical efficient model enterprise to assist in determining if tariff increases requested by service providers are justified.
According to data collected by the Pan-American Health Organization based on multi-purpose household surveys, the share of water expenditures in household expenditures in urban areas was the second-highest among 10 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean in the late 1990s. The share was on average 2.3% and 3.4% for households in the ...
Uruguay is the only country in Latin America that has achieved quasi-universal coverage of access to safe drinking water supply [1] and adequate sanitation. [2] Water service quality is considered good, with practically all localities in Uruguay receiving disinfected water on a continuous basis. 70% of wastewater collected by the national utility was treated.
The average duration of daily water service has increased from 15.36 hours in 1993 to 19.82 hours in 2003 at the national level. [2] In the four biggest cities of the country, service is continuous. Nevertheless, rationing of water and interrupted sanitation are ordinary incidents in small towns and rural areas. [20] Drinking water quality.
About 36% of wastewater was being treated in 2006, a share that is more than twice as high as the average for Latin America. [4] However, an unknown share of Mexican treatment plants do not comply with norms for effluent discharge. [2] In many areas, local water pressure is insufficient and/or unreliable.
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