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Sedapal Orders Planned Water Cuts in Six Lima Districts

Sedapal says the maintenance, including reservoir cleaning and pipe connections, will strengthen the city's storage and distribution network.

Overview

  • The planned cuts, which Sedapal announced Monday, October 12, affect Independencia, San Juan de Lurigancho, Ate, Villa María del Triunfo, Chaclacayo and San Martín de Porres.
  • Affected neighborhoods face staggered outage windows listed by the utility, for example Independencia from 12:00 to 20:00, San Juan de Lurigancho from 08:00 to 19:00 and Ate from 12:00 to 23:50.
  • Sedapal says crews will clean reservoirs and make pipe empalmes (connections) and other maintenance work intended to reduce the risk of bigger supply problems later.
  • To reduce hardship the utility has placed cistern trucks at strategic points and urges residents to store water in advance and check Sedapal's website and social channels for live updates.
  • Sedapal frames the interruptions as routine preventive work to improve long‑term reliability so households should expect same‑day restoration per the published timetable and watch for notices of service return.