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Water supply in Covid-19 times: the role of public operators, housing associations and informal providers in Arequipa, Peru

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  • Luis Zapana-Churata
  • David Saurí
  • Mar Satorras
  • Hug March

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We explore responses of water supply providers during the first stage of the Covid-19 pandemic in Arequipa, Peru, contrasting actions by the public water company, dominant in the city core, and by neighbourhood associations, dominant in the unplanned periphery. The water company implemented instalment payments, the suspension of water shutoffs and the distribution of free water giving priority to the core districts. On the periphery, neighbourhood associations continued to depend mostly on water trucks under irregular and expensive service. The pandemic made more evident the fragmented nature of water supply in cities of the Global South such as Arequipa.

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  • Luis Zapana-Churata & David Saurí & Mar Satorras & Hug March, 2022. "Water supply in Covid-19 times: the role of public operators, housing associations and informal providers in Arequipa, Peru," Water International, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 47(8), pages 1310-1332, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:rwinxx:v:47:y:2022:i:8:p:1310-1332
    DOI: 10.1080/02508060.2022.2101225
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