Water in Brazil
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BRAZIL, 2012/12/29
Varzea Grande mayor-elect Wallace Guimarães of mid-western Brazil's Mato Grosso national will consider a concession for the city's sanitation services if it is not awarded some 300mn reais (US$145mn) in funding through the federal government's increase acceleration plan, PAC.
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BRAZIL, 2012/12/29
Brazil's federal government is working toward the approval of a 421bn-real (US$206bn) national sanitation plan called Plansab, which will involve universalizing the country's basic sanitation services by 2030.
Originally scheduled to kick off in 2011, Plansab has from presently on to get off the ground. In the meantime, public hearings regarding possible changes have taken place, receiving additional than 500 suggestions, which are currently being evaluated, according to a federal government release.
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BRAZIL, 2012/12/29
Brazil's federal government is planning some 1.48bn reais (US$681mn) in work to combat drought and increase water supply throughout the country, according to a national integration ministry release.
Prime, a total of 1.4bn reais in financing agreements have been signed with federal savings bank Caixa Econômica Federal (CEF), according to national integration minister Fernando Bezerra Coelho.
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BRAZIL, 2012/12/29
Brazil's São Paulo national water and electricity department DAEE is planning to launch a tender in 1Q13 for a 4.52bn-real (US$2.10bn) public-private partnership (PPP) to maintain reservoirs throughout the national
"The project has by presently been submitted to the national government's PPP management council and is currently being analyzed. With this, we are expecting to call bids by March," the spokesperson said.
The PPP, which entails expanding, operating and maintaining a total of 45 water reservoirs in the São Paulo metropolitan region, is set to last 20 years.
