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Planned Water and Power Cuts Hit Lima This Week

Scheduled maintenance by Sedapal with Pluz requires temporary suspensions of supply, with tanker deliveries and phased restorations to reduce disruption.

Overview

  • Sedapal carried out scheduled water interruptions on Tuesday and confirmed further cuts of up to 12 hours for Wednesday, October 21, affecting districts such as Villa María del Triunfo, Pueblo Libre, Puente Piedra and San Isidro.
  • Pluz published a maintenance calendar for October 20–23 that includes rolling power outages across Lima and Callao, with some San Juan de Lurigancho sectors facing outages of up to 11 hours.
  • Both utilities say the works are technical in nature, including reservoir cleaning, pipeline splicing and network upgrades intended to improve long‑term supply reliability.
  • To reduce harm to households and businesses, Sedapal will dispatch tanker trucks to the hardest‑hit areas and Pluz advises users to charge devices and unplug sensitive equipment while both utilities will update schedules on official channels.
  • Overlapping water and electricity suspensions raise short‑term risks for vulnerable neighborhoods and small businesses, so residents should cross‑check Sedapal and Pluz timetables, store water in advance and plan activities that need power.