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- Dispensers do not analyze the liquid and do not have a permanent chlorine dosing system or PH and turbidity measurement equipment.Arequipa. - The Comptroller General of the Republic (CGR) alerted the Drinking Water and Sewage Service of Arequipa (Sedapar) of the lack of guarantees on the quality of the drinking water that it collects from fountains and distributes to the population of several districts of the city of Arequipa, through tanker trucks, due to the interruption of the home service caused by the emergency generated by rain.
In the Control Visit Report No. 009-2026-OCI/0263-SVC, which evaluated the period from February 24 to March 2, 2026, it is detailed that four suppliers do not have a record book of the quality analyzes of water supplied to the tank trucks, despite the fact that the Sedapar Quality and Effluent Control Department takes samples at the stations two to three times a week.
These are the pumps located in Guardia Civil (Paucarpata district), Jose Olaya (Cayma), Los Mellizos (Cerro Colorado) and Chilina (Alto Selva Alegre), where it was also noted that the personnel involved in the distribution of drinking water in Jose Olaya and Los Mellizos do not use protective clothing, such as a mask, hair protector, or gloves, a situation that could affect the sanitary conditions of their distribution.
In the field work carried out on February 25, 2026, the control commission also verified that the Chilina pump does not have a disinfection system for the permanent dosing of chlorine and does not have a residual chlorine comparator, nor equipment for measuring the pH and turbidity of the water that is distributed to citizens.
According to Sedapar reports, the high intensity rains recorded in Arequipa on February 19 and 22, 2026 caused the interruption of the drinking water service in around 30 thousand homes, with the districts of Yanahuara, Cayma, Cerro Colorado, Jose Luis Bustamente and Rivero, Paucarpata among others being most affected, which receive care through tanker trucks.
The report of the Institutional Control Body (OCI) of Sedapar was communicated to the president of the board of directors of the sanitation company so that the corresponding preventive and corrective actions can be adopted. The complete document is available on the institutional portal of the Comptrollers Office: (www.gob.pe/contraloria).
Arequipa, March 11, 2026
Communications Management
PRESS RELEASE Ndeg 244-2026-CG/GCOM
