A recent study carried out by the National Superintendency of Sanitation Services (Sunass) reveals that 89% of Arequipa users do not know the real volume of drinking water they consume per month, a figure higher than the national average.
The investigation, which also covered Cusco and Piura, collected information from 1500 users and determined that, on average, 76% of users in the three cities do not know how many cubic meters of water they use monthly.
It is shown that the 90% of Arequipa residents consider themselves efficient consumers of drinking water, but the majority cannot specify their actual consumption. For its part, in Cusco, 85% are efficient consumers; However, 78% also do not know their real consumption. While in Piura it reaches 93%, in contrast to the 62% who do not know it.
Furthermore, he states that the 67% of users in Arequipa believe that they consume the same or less water than their neighbors, so these figures would show that they do not perceive if it is necessary to make any adjustments to save money and reduce consumption.
The study also points out that the 82% of Arequipa users check their receipt only to see the amount to pay, without paying attention to the details of the volume consumed, which limits the ability to make decisions.
Likewise, a large majority of users in the three cities it is unknown that a cubic meter (m3) is equivalent to 1000 liters of water, a fundamental measure to better understand your real consumption.
