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PAC’ing Brazil IV: Water, Sanitation and Waste
By Keith R | March 3, 2007
Topics: Sanitation, Waste & Recycling, Water Issues | No Comments »
In Part I, I provided an overview of what the Program for Accelerated Growth (Programa de Aceleração do Crescimento – PAC) proposed by President Lula is and why it matters to the issues I discuss in The Temas Blog. I also discussed its most direct impact on environment policy, the proposed changes in environmental licensing. In Part II I examined the provisions regarding the so-called Regulatory Agencies, and in Part III, the energy (and petrochemical) components. In this final Part, I look at the smaller but important PAC portions regarding water, sanitation and waste.
Not As Sexy, But Important Nonetheless
The PAC includes R$40 billion (about US$ ) in of water and sanitation projects, most of them picked primarily to enable Brazil to get closer to its Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in these areas. The PAC is seeking to:
- add access to drinking water to 7 million homes, or about 24.5 million people, bringing the national rate in 2010 to 86%
- bring sewer connections to 7.3 million homes, or about 25.4 million people, bringing the national rate in 2010 to 55%
- provide adequate trash collection and disposal service to 8.9 million homes, or about 31.1 million people, bringing the national rate in 2010 to 47%.
— Keith R
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