The Ministry of Housing, Construction and Sanitation (MVCS) in Peru awarded the Lake Titicaca treatment system concession to a consortium of Fypasa Construcciones SA de CV and Operadora de Ecosistemas SA de CV. The consortium will be responsible for the design, financing, construction, operation and maintenance of a wastewater treatment system for the Lake Titicaca basin, located in Puno, in the south-east of Peru.

The system will consist of ten wastewater treatment plants, to be located in Puno (city), Juliaca, Ilave, Ayaviri, Juli, Moho, Azángaro, Yunguyo, Huancané and Lampa.

Titicaca project consists of a system to treat the waters of the drainage before they reach the lake and contaminate it. This will improve public health, reduce pollution of the basin, and promote the increase of economic activities such as tourism, fishing and trade in the 10 localities of the area of ​​influence.

The project would treat the contaminated water in Lake Titicaca. This will result in better social and health conditions for the local population, especially for those who live downstream of the existing Treatment Plants and for those who make direct use of the natural and tourist resources provided by the lake ecosystem.

The concession period for the project is 30 years.