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WaterTech Help Sought for Peru
Author(s) -
Estrella Hernan A.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
journal ‐ american water works association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1551-8833
pISSN - 0003-150X
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8833.1990.tb06939.x
Subject(s) - sanitation , potable water , developing country , distribution (mathematics) , water supply , economic growth , geography , environmental planning , rural area , political science , business , water resource management , development economics , environmental protection , socioeconomics , sociology , economics , environmental science , environmental engineering , law , mathematics , mathematical analysis
The article in the October 1989 JOURNAL describing the proposed WaterTech USA program adequately described the water supply and sanitation problems of developing countries such as the author's (Peru). In Peru less than 10 percent of the rural and near‐rural populations has access to potable water. In large cities virtually all collection, treatment, and distribution systems are in bad condition. In making decisions on where to devote WaterTech resources, the author asks that South America be considered a priority and to start by helping Peru.