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The company, whose privatization has completed one year, will decrease the extraction from 31 m3/s to 27 m3/s, drop from 12.9%. The measure meets the parameters set by the National Agency of Water and Basic Sanitation (ANA) and the São Paulo State Water Agency (SP-Aguas), which provides for the reduction when the reservoir level drops below 40%. It is currently 35.23%.
According to the Secretary of Environment of the State Government, the measure is preventive and does not impair the water supply in the state, since the whole system is resilient and composed of seven reservoirs.
It is the second measure taken in less than a week by the Tarcísio de Freitas (Republicans) government related to water economy.
On Monday (25), the São Paulo Public Services Regulatory Agency (Arsesp). The guideline guarantees a savings of 4,000 liters per second.
The agency also asked Sabesp to present a specific contingency plan for the metropolitan region.
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