Water crisis in Lima
December 6, 2011
Project goal: A reliable water supply for Lima
Project type: Developing tools and simulation models for effective water management
Project scale: 12 Peruvian and German institutes are collaborating on the project
Project investment: 3.3 million euros
It hardly ever rains in the Peruvian capital of Lima, which is surrounded by desert. With less than one centimeter of rainfall per year, the city's population of nine million depends on glacier water from the Andes. But now the glaciers are melting at the same time as Lima‘s population is growing. It's expected to reach 12 million by the year 2050. Drinking water is in increasingly short supply. The Lima Water project (LiWa) sets out to tackle the looming water crisis.
A film by Marion Hütter (jp)