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01.08.2016
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The number of consumers in the Greater São Paulo fined up spending more water now than before the water crisis hit record in December. According to data released on Thursday (7), the Basic Sanitation Company of the State of São Paulo (Sabesp), 14% of clients received the surcharge of 50% on the bill last month, the highest rate since the creation of the tariff, in January 2015.
The data show growth in the number of so-called consumer "gastões" in recent months, marked by above average rainfall in major springs that supply the Greater São Paulo and by the recovery of the dead volume of the Cantareira System, at the end of the year. In the first month of the surcharge, 8% received a fine. Until November, Sabesp had already raised R $ 445.1 million in fines. December has not been disclosed.
A surcharge of 20% or 50% on the account is charged to customers who spend a volume of water greater than the monthly average consumption before the crisis (February 2013 to January 2014). She came to be announced by the government Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB) in May 2014, when Sabesp started the uptake of dead volume, but was only implemented in January 2015, following the re-election of toucan. The penalty remains in force this year.
In all, the number of customers increased spending on water in December was 23%, the highest level of 2015. But 9% were not fined because they consume less than 10,000 liters per month. This behavior resulted in a drop of almost 10% in the volume of water saved through the bonus program, which gives discounts of up to 30% for those who reduce consumption.
In December, the volume was saved 5600 liters per second, or 15 billion liters, enough to power about 1.8 million people, equivalent to the combined populations of the cities of Sorocaba, Osasco and Ribeirao Preto, according to Sabesp. In November, the index had been of 6200 l / s, or 16 billion liters. As the surcharge was launched, the goal was to achieve savings of up to 7300 l / s.
The record, however, was 6500 l / s in July. Since the program began in February 2014, almost 280 billion liters were saved, which is equivalent to 28% of normal capacity Cantareira.
Relaxation in water savings, which fell from 79% to 77% of consumers had an impact on production of Sabesp, which rose from 53 000 l / s, in November to 55,300 l / s in December, the largest average for the year. Consequently, the number of customers receiving discounts fell from 67% to 64%, which should ease the company's revenue losses. The Cantareira yesterday had only 2.6% of the working volume.
On Wednesday, 6, the report showed that Sabesp failed to raise R $ 1.2 billion in nearly two years with the program. Starting this month, however, customers will have to consume 22% less water to maintain the same benefit in the making. Now, who consumed 20,000 liters before the crisis and could spend up to 15,600 liters for the 30% discount can not exceed 12,500 liters.
In practice, consumers who previously needed to reduce consumption by 20% to have the 30% bonus will now have to save 37.5%. As president of Sabesp, Jerson Kelman, the purpose of the change is "give an extra stimulus" for those who can save more water, not restore the company's cash, which had a loss of R $ 580 million in the third quarter of 2015. The information is the newspaper "O Estado de S. Paulo".
Source: Uol
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