Will be $ 369 per inhabitant to reach goal until 2029, ie 4 years before the new landmark determines
A (São Paulo State Basic Sanitation Company) will invest R $ 369 per inhabitant to reach the basic sanitation universalization goal until 2029, ie 4 years before The new landmark of the sector. The value is more than double From the applied average from 2017 to 2024 (R $ 171) and the triple of the national average (R $ 111).
According to Carlos Piani, CEO of Sabesp, more than 12 million people will benefit until 2029 with the measure, “Including residents of peripheral and rural areas that, to this day, do not have access to drinking water and treated sewage”.
According to PLANSAB (National Basic Sanitation Plan), the Brazil would need to invest more than R $ 230 per inhabitant to achieve universalization within the expected period.
Sabesp states that investments will increase water safety in supply, modernize infrastructure, reduce losses and connect millions of new families to water and sewage networks.
“New networks, interconnection works, state -of -the -art treatment stations and revitalization of springs and rivers, such as Tietê and Pinheiros rivers and Billings and Guarapiranga dams, are contemplated in the company’s plan, which will invest more than R $ 60 billion by 2029 ″declares the company.
Sabesp is responsible for supplying water and sewage collection and treatment in 375 municipalities in São Paulo and serves 28 million inhabitants.
