Peru: Legislators okay outsourcing of responsibilities of national sanitation authority, Sunass

The Peruvian congress’ consumer defense committee has approved the outsourcing of national sanitation authority Sunass‘ responsibilities for the supervision and control of water utilities.

According to an analysis carried out by the committee, a team of only six specialists currently supervises 50 water utilities operating across the nation, many of which handle potable water and sanitation services in more than one district.

Sunass does not analyze the work carried out by the water utilities either, making it necessary to outsource this function, committee head Alberto Andrade said.

Source: BNamericas.com [subscription site], 03 Jun 2008