Lorena Valle, economist, professor and researcher at the Universidad Centroamericana José Simeón Cañas, UCA, said that this problem affects lower income and rural households.

In the country, she said, there are still a significant number of households that have difficulties in accessing water and said that 22 out of every 100 households do not have piped water and, therefore, have to get water from wells, pipes or springs. In three out of 10 low-income households, there are no piped water services, while seven out of 10 Salvadoran women must carry out work related to water collection for household consumption.

Representatives of the National Network of Water Boards of El Salvador, quoted by radio YSUCA, recently denounced that, one year after the implementation of the General Water Law Resources, the community water boards lack mechanisms support to strengthen themselves and legalize their situation before the Salvadoran Water Authority.

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