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05/02/2012
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Vitor Abdala
Reporter Agency Brazil
Rio de Janeiro - Only 44.5% of Brazilian households are connected to a sewerage system. The framework, according to the National Secretary of Environmental Sanitation, Leodegar Tiscoski, a situation is "very precarious". The National Sanitation, to be launched in the second half of this year, has the goal of doubling the access and expand the network to reach 90% of households by 2030.
To accomplish this goal of the plan, as well as other (universal access to water and urban waste collection), you need an investment of R$ 420 billion over the next 18 years, which corresponds to R$ 20 billion per year between resources public and private.
Even if the planned investments are made, there will be 10% of the population still without access to sanitation. Tiscoski Second, the federal government has no estimate of when able to do that portion of the population has access to sanitation - and, indeed, universal access to the sewer system.
According to the secretary, sanitation works are complex, take time and need good projects. Therefore, even if resources are available, there is no guarantee that the works will leave the paper in the short term.
"A work of sanitation has five-year cycle, and two years for selection, preparation of projects and bidding, and for three years running, on average. The states, municipalities and companies also have limitations, such as management problems, lack of design, environmental permit and a number of factors that hamper the full swing of work, "he said.
Tiscoski reported that by the Growth Acceleration Program (PAC), which was a breakthrough in the area, ran into trouble. The first phase of the program was launched in 2007 and since then, 800 projects were selected sewer collection, amounting to R$ 21 billion. The secretary, however, many states and municipalities had projects delayed or even had plans for the sewer system.
"We work not yet started in 2007, precisely the lack of projects."
Edition: Carolina Sarres
Source: Agency Brazil
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