Publication: Evaluating the Potential of Container-Based Sanitation: x-runner in Lima, Peru
Date
2019-02-14
ISSN
Published
2019-02-14
Author(s)
World Bank
Abstract
This case study examines the
container-based sanitation (CBS) service provided by
x-runner in the low-income formal/informal settlements in
peri-urban Lima. x-runner provides a safe sanitation chain
in poor nonsewered neighborhoods in the hills of the
outskirts of southwest Lima for a population that does not
have (and probably will not have for some years) any safe or
hygienic alternative. x-runner operates in
difficult-to-access areas, sometimes relying on lockers for
users to drop off their sealed full containers. The company
is leveraging the capacities of its suppliers to reduce the
complexity of its business to a manageable level and the
number of customers has been growing steadily, with an
average of around 24 new households per month. Although some
customers expressed the view that the price for the service
is high, they appear to be willing to pay it and the level
of satisfaction with the service for x-runner customers is
high. Going forward, an explicit recognition of CBS—or a
category into which CBS clearly falls—as a viable sanitation
system for the urban poor, would be an important factor for
enabling public sector support.
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Citation
“World Bank. 2019. Evaluating the Potential of Container-Based Sanitation: x-runner in Lima, Peru. © World Bank, Washington, DC. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31293 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”