Overview
- Peru’s Sedapal confirmed a 14-inch pipe was ruptured during street works in Villa Hermosa, El Agustino, and deployed hydrojet cleaning and camera inspections as residents report rats, foul odors and intermittent cuts to water and electricity.
- Neighbors in El Agustino demand urgent fumigation and definitive repairs, saying decades-old sewer lines and poor coordination with the municipality left open manholes, exposed utilities and persistent aniegos around homes.
- In Piura, slow water and sewer projects left Catacaos streets inundated with wastewater and heavy dust after recent rains, hurting health and commerce, while a S/12 million paving job in Veintiséis de Octubre flooded after a light shower due to missing storm drainage.
- Argentina’s INTA mapped more than 360,000 hectares waterlogged in 9 de Julio, Carlos Casares and Bragado in October, while the Rural Society flagged a broader swath of affected land based on excess moisture indicators.
- Nine Buenos Aires mayors formally asked Economy Minister Luis Caputo for urgent assistance and a restart of Salado River channelization as the national government announces partial operational deployments, and one producer’s report frames potential sector losses near US$2.4 billion as a risk if fields cannot be sown.