Distribuição de água potável na cidade de Manaus: considerações sobre os primeiros anos de privatização do Sistema

Abstract

Meeting the basic needs of an population. as health. Safety, sanitation, among others, and necessary condition so that you can leave for this population development process. Even located within the largest freshwater reserve in the world, Manaus also has a significant percentage of the population without access to safe water. The Conference of Stockholm (1972), Agenda 21 in the ECO 92 in Rio de Janeiro or proclamation of the Water Decade in 1981 by the United Nations Conference were not enough to make you implantassem polibcas public in the Amazon geared to the population of low income, in sense of bringing every home, a treated water pulley The only significant action taken in recent years has been the privatization of granting the water distribution system in the city of Manaus. delivered to Amazon Aguas company, which although located about four years. He showed a good work as regards the quality of the segregated water (mainly related color), however Urrado with respect to expand the system as before. some city neighborhoods are still waiting for fountain or kite cars. or those that the concessionaire has arrived. fragile systems have been deployed. subject to contamination and water prices without any social proposal for the low-income population Even significant losses. water distribution limited to the daytime in some neighborhoods. and prices above that low-income people can afford, make the profile of the current distribution system today lived by the population of Manaus, that despite the enormous availability of water. access is not for everyone