Investor Presentaiton
PANORAMA OF THE PRIVATE SECTOR'S PARTICIPATION IN SANITATION 2021
A NEW SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC FRONTIER FOR BRAZIL
pany achieved important results in reducing
losses with the use of pipers technology,
which identifies major pipe corrosion.
A research and development project was
also drawn up, in search of a new sealing
technology, with injectable sealant. Be-
tween January 2020 and July 2020, while
synthetic fiber packing was used, 53 inter-
ventions were made on the equipment; af-
ter the change, only five such interventions
were necessary.
Araruama,
Saquarema and Silva
Jardim (RJ)
Full Concession
concession-
The Águas de Juturnaíba
aire (Águas do Brasil Group), in partnership
with the Lagos São João Hydrographic
Basin Committee, is carrying out an envi-
ronmental education project to restore the
riparian forest of the Juturnaíba reservoir.
This project has already reforested over 9
hectares of riparian forest, that are kept un-
der observation by professionals to make
sure that the vegetation is indeed vegeta-
tion is established on site. The project also
reached over 1,000 people, through educa-
tional actions.
The project has had important and benefi-
cial impacts on the local ecosystem. These
include carbon sequestration and neutral-
ization, caused by the reforested green
area; the return of the native fauna, which
had already left the area in many cases;
an increased volume of water in the local
bodies of water, through recomposition
of springs; protection of the banks of the
reservoir; reduction of erosion, resulting in
a reduction of the silting of the Juturnaíba
reservoir and its tributary streams. In ad-
dition, it promotes awareness, among the
population, with regard to sustainability
and the preservation of the environment.
Every year, the concessionaire promotes
the clean-up of the Juturnaíba, a reservoir
that supplies eight cities of the Coastal
Lowlands of Rio de Janeiro State. With the
support of public agencies and volunteers,
actions to raise awareness of the local pop-
ulation about the inadequate disposal of lit-
ter and the damage it brings to the environ-
ment are carried out. In 11 editions of this
project, over two tonnes of garbage have
been removed from the watershed (plastic
bottles and bags, tyres, electronics, domes-
tic appliances and furniture).
Atibaia (SP)
PPP Sewage
All the sludge generated in the sewage treat-
ment process of the city of Atibaia is turned
into fertilizers by composting. With this ini-
tiative, since March 2020, about 40 tonnes
of sludge, generated monthly, are no longer
dumped into landfills, having been reused as
fertilizer for agriculture. Every 2.6 tonnes of
waste produce one tone of organic fertilizer.
For this, concessionaire Atibaia Saneamen-
to, of the Iguá Group, sends the sludge to a
company that uses the hemophilic system,
so the pathogens may be removed. The fi-
nal product looks like soil, is rich in nutrients,
and is a great fertilizer reused by farmers.
In 2020 Atibaia Saneamento produced
184.6 tonnes of agricultural fertilizer, the
compost can be up to 50% cheaper than
synthetic fertilizers, as well as bring more
efficient when compared to other fertiliz-
ers. What would be garbage is reused to
keep the economy moving, adding value to
the process and generating social impact.
Aegea Group - Pioneiros Project
In order to encourage innovative thinking
among high school students from public
schools and widen the scope of information
on the importance of sanitation services,
Aegea has been carrying out the Pioneiros
Project since 2019. Professional people
from the group's concessionaires act as
volunteer tutors to provide young people
with knowledge about the labor market, wa-
ter supply services, sewage collection and
treatment, with the aim of encouraging and
developing thoughts about the students'
professional future, in addition to bringing
creativity and innovation to the sector.
The youngsters go through a period of lec-
tures and activities in the concessionaires,
with a duration of four months, and have ac-
cess to the courses available at the Aegea
Academy. They are then challenged to devel-
op a project proposing a creative solution to
a problem as identified in their community.
The projects devised by the young people
then compete for prizes at the concession-
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