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Brazil needs to reach 2033 with 99% of its population served with treated water and with 90% of wastewater collection and treatment. These objectives are part of the Basic Sanitation Law, enacted in July. However, to get there, 24 states must expand their investments in basic sanitation, according to a survey by Instituto Trat Brasil.
In the Basic Sanitation Plan (Planslab), promulgated in 2013, similar goals foresee investments of R $ 148 billion in water supply and R $ 224 billion in sanitary sewerage in 15 years, totaling R $ 373 billion, approximately R $ 24.9 billion a year. In 2018, however, this amount was R $ 13.1 billion.
According to the study, which used data on investment and water and sewerage service from the SNIS, Plansab’s investment objective and the diagnosis carried out by ABCON-KPMG in 2019, Maintaining the current annual investment level, only the Federal District, São Paulo and Paraná will achieve the goals. The three units of the federation already have almost universal services.
The need to expand investments is greater in Amapá: in the state, the study estimates that investment must increase 18.43 times to reach the goal of universalization by 2033, going from the average of R $ 6 million invested between 2014 and 2018 to R $ 141 million.
Basic sanitation – Photo: Economía G1
Another 16 states also have average investments well below expectations to reach the goal: Acre, Ceará, Piauí, Maranhão, Rondônia, Pará, Amazonas, Goiás, Bahia, Tocantins, Rio Grande do Norte, Santa Catarina, Mato Grosso, Rio Grande do Sul, Paraíba and Alagoas.
In seven states, the study indicates that the average investment history is relevant, but below the universalization forecast: Pernambuco, Roraima, Minas Gerais, Espírito Santo, Mato Grosso do Sul, Rio de Janeiro and Sergipe.
The study showed that, despite the need for an increase, the investments required for universalization by Planslab have not been achieved in any year since its publication.
In 2014, the year with the highest total investment in water and sewerage, R $ 14.2 billion were invested (in updated amounts), 57% of what was necessary. Between 2014 and 2018, there was a 12.3% reduction in total investments in water and sewerage in Brazil.
The level of investment in water supply in 2018 was R $ 5.7 billion, 7.1% lower than the investment in 2014. In the same period, investment in sewerage decreased 30.9%.
