Sustainability Report 2021
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The Águas do
Brasil Group
Integrity and
Transparency
Fostering
Universal Access
to Sanitation
Water Security
and Climate
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Increasingly deliver solutions and development to the whole society through the
distribution of quality water and wastewater collection and treatment.
Universal basic sanitation 102-15
With the entry into force of the New Legal Framework
for Basic Sanitation (Law 14,026/2020), the federal
government's goal is to achieve universalization of
services by 2033, when 99% of the Brazilian population
should have access to drinking water and 90% to
wastewater treatment and collection. The New
Framework also provides for the implementation of
actions to reduce water waste, the end of program
contracts signed with state companies without bidding,
opening space for the participation of private companies,
and the possibility of losing the concession of services in
cases of non-compliance with the established targets.
In July 2021, the Jaú (SP) utility achieved universal
sanitation in the municipality, joining a very restricted
group of Brazilian cities with 100% treated water
distribution and wastewater collection, sedimentation,
and treatment. The utility company has already
invested approximately BRL 65 million in the city's water
and wastewater systems since the beginning of the
concession. According to information from the National
Sanitation Information System (SNIS), by 2019, only
seven of the 5,570 Brazilian municipalities had achieved
universal access to water and wastewater systems.
In seven years of the Group's activities in Pará de Minas
(MG), the city came out of a water scarcity scenario and
became a reference in the country. During this period,
with more than BRL 100 million invested, the company
transformed the basic sanitation scenario: 100% of the
population receives quality treated water, and 99.4% has
wastewater collection and treatment. The city ranked 5th
in terms of Brazilian municipalities with drinking water and
basic sanitation in the 2021 ranking of the 17 Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations (UN),
prepared by the Center for Public Leadership (CLP).
With more than BRL 83 million invested since 2012, when
it took over the municipality's water and wastewater
services, the utility company in Votorantim (SP) has
reached universal water distribution. Furthermore, it
is close to achieving universal wastewater collection,
sedimentation, and treatment. To supply 100% of the
population, substantial investments were made to
modernize the water treatment plants, replace the
main water mains, expand and improve the distribution
networks, and implement the Operational Control Center.
In 2012, 62% of wastewater was collected and treated.
Today, the utility collects, sediments and treats 99.37% of
the city's wastewater.
When Águas de Niterói took over the basic sanitation
services in the municipality in 1999, water only reached
72% of the population. Today, with investments exceeding
BRL 1.3 billion, the utility company has started supplying
100% of the population with the same volume of water
and 95.5% with wastewater collection and treatment,
moving towards universal basic sanitation.
Águas de Jahu
Grupo Aguas do Bras
Jaú (SP) Utility reached universal
sanitation in the municipality in
July 2021.
O NOSSO SERVICOS
BODEM SER BOUCADOS
PASCA
ATENDIMENTO LET
With more than 1.3 billion in
investments, Águas de Niterói supplies
100% of the city's population.
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