 In the capital Quito, water and sanitation services in the city itself and the rural parts of the municipality ("canton") are provided by the metropolitan utility "Empresa Metropolitana de Alcantarillado y Agua Potable de Quito" (EMAAP-Q).In Guayaquil, the service was transferred to the private company Interagua under a concession in 2001.At the same time, the former municipal utility ECAPAG became the regulatory agency for the new private utility.