📋 Tender Overview
The National Superintendence of Sanitation Services (Sunass) presented, in a public hearing, the draft tariff study of the EPS EMAQ S.A. for the regulatory period 2024-2027 that proposes an investment program, management goals, as well as the tariff formula, tariff structure, investment fund and reserves that will be applied in the aforementioned period. The people who participated in this hearing were able to learn details of the tariff study project and made their questions and comments in order to improve the proposal.
Specifications of the tariff study project
The tariff study project of EPS EMAQ S.A. contemplates investments of S/3.39 million for the next four years, of which S/2.65 million will be for investments in drinking water and sewerage services, S/312,880 for disaster risk management, S/144,900 for Mechanisms of remuneration for ecosystem services (Merese-h) and S/270,437 for the implementation of the quality control plan.
These investments will bring benefits to the user population of the service in Quillabamba, which will allow the components of the drinking water system to be renewed and improved that will improve water quality for the benefit of users.
In addition, the monitoring of the continuity of the drinking water service will be optimized, for which equipment called "data loggers" with telemetry will be acquired to have accurate data on the continuity record. Likewise, the drinking water service will be maintained 24 hours a day.
The meter park will also be renewed according to its age and a hydrological monitoring system and conservation actions will be implemented in the watersheds to promote the sustainability of sanitation services through the Merese-h. On the other hand, 471 meters of the adduction line at the outlet of the Santa Ana reservoir and 864 meters of the distribution line at the Alejandro Valdivia jirón and Machu Picchu street will be renewed, to improve the distribution of drinking water.
In addition, 11 air valves will be acquired and installed in the pipeline and distribution networks; as well as, 14 hydrants to prevent air from entering the meters and have hydrants operational in the event of a fire, respectively. In addition, a new pressure regulating chamber will be built that will contribute to reducing water losses, among other investments and improvement measures.
Likewise, the family economy will be protected thanks to the improvement and updating of the application of the targeted cross-subsidy, so that families with lower economic incomes pay a rate lower than the real cost of the service. The identification of the beneficiary users is carried out by means of plans stratified by income at the block level of large cities, which are prepared by the INEI and/or by the General Household Register (PGH) of the Household Targeting System (Sisfoh) of MIDIS.
Tariff Update
Subsidized users who consume 20m3 will pay S/2.9 less than non-beneficiary users. The payment of the monthly bill helps cover the costs of water treatment and distribution, wastewater collection, as well as maintenance and improvement of existing infrastructure, among others.
Updating the tariff is necessary to ensure the improvement and sustainability of the quality of the service to prevent the service from deteriorating and affecting the user's well-being; Likewise, to carry out investments and improvement measures for the benefit of the user.
Sunass socialized the tariff study project in Quillabamba with local authorities, civil society, neighbors and interested parties such as: the Provincial Municipality of La Convention, La Convención Health Network, ALA La Convencion, Quillabamba Hospital, Aurora National Program, SERNANP, universities, Chamber of Commerce, UGEL, leaders of communities, markets, federations and institutes, users, among others.
It is important to remember that people who wish to make contributions and comments or have any questions regarding the tariff study project of the EPS EMAQ S.A. may submit them until Friday, December 22 through the email: audiencia-emaq@sunass.gob.pe.
