📋 Tender Overview
Technical assistance was provided to Sedachimbote to strengthen the implementation of the Merese, together with communities.The National Superintendency of Sanitation Services (Sunass) provided technical assistance to the EPS Sedachimbote S. A. to strengthen the implementation of the remuneration mechanisms for water ecosystem services (Merese) in Ancash.
The assistance included field visits to Monte Sarumo (Lacramarca basin) and the micro-basins of the Perolcocha I and Perolcocha II lagoons (Santa basin), in the district of Cabana, province of Pallasca.
The Merese seek to conserve or restore the ecosystems that provide water resources to drinking water companies, so that they have the liquid in adequate quality and quantity to provide a better service to the population in continuity and coverage.
The support of Sunass made it possible to strengthen the management of the Merese through field verification, review of technical information and coordination with Sedachimbote S. A., to improve interventions and conservation of water sources.
Likewise, the status of hydrological monitoring equipment and conservation measures such as protection fences and plantations appropriate to the area, such as Polylepis, were verified. Meetings were also held with the Cabana farming community and local authorities to promote participation and coordination in the protection of water ecosystems.
These actions are part of Sunass commitment to promote technical assistance to the EPS for the implementation of the Merese and the sustainability of the sanitation service. The Merese are schemes, tools, instruments and incentives that allow the generation, channeling, transfer and investment of economic, financial and non-financial resources for the conservation, recovery and sustainable use of the sources of ecosystem services.
