📋 Tender Overview
Managers of Água Santa, Barracão, Caseiros, Cacique-Doble, Ibiaçá, Ibiraiaras, Lagoa Vermelha, Maximiliano de Almeida, Machadinho, São João da Urtiga, São José do Ouro, Sananduva, Santo Expedito do Sul and Tapejara guarantee their municipalities the contribution total of more than R$421 million in investments over the next decade
Corsan, controlled by Aegea, signed on Friday morning, the 27th, with 14 city halls in the Planalto region, the contractual amendment that adapts the provision of basic sanitation services in the municipalities to the requirements of the sector's Legal Framework. The signing took place at CTG Alexandre Pato, in Lagoa Vermelha.
With the formalization of the concession contract, the mayors of Água Santa, Barracão, Cacique-Doble, Ibiaçá, Ibiraiaras, Lagoa Vermelha, Maximiliano de Almeida, Machadinho, São João da Urtiga, São José do Ouro, Sananduva, Santo Expedito do Sul and Tapejara guarantees its municipalities a total contribution of more than R$421 million in investments to achieve the universalization of water and sewage services by 2033, a municipal obligation defined by federal law. The contract includes, in addition to extending the term for Corsan's service provision until 2062, quantitative targets for non-intermittent supply, reducing water losses and improving treatment processes.
The planned investment in the 14 cities is part of Corsan's universal service program. Under the administration of the Aegea Consortium, the Company must contribute a total of R$ 15 billion, over the next decade, to qualify the water supply infrastructure and expand the sanitary sewage system in 317 municipalities in Rio Grande do Sul.
For the director of Institutional Relations at Aegea in Rio Grande do Sul, Fabiano Dallazen, “the New Legal Framework, voted by the National Congress, aimed to boost an infrastructure issue that has long been relegated, which are collection and sewage treatment, in addition to drinking water. And treating sewage means real estate appreciation, health and care for the environment. There are studies demonstrating that, for every R$1.00 invested in sewage, R$4.00 are saved in health and environmental preservation”.
Dallazen adds that Corsan is leveraged by Aegea, the largest sanitation company in Brazil. “Agegea is providing the capacity and tools to make deliveries that were previously impossible, due to bureaucracy or lack of financial capacity. By signing these contracts, municipalities guarantee an investment of 415 million reais in infrastructure over the next 10 years.”
In common, municipalities have the challenge of overcoming the low coverage of sewage collection and treatment and expanding these services to 90% of the population by 2033, to comply with the sector's legislation. According to Corsan's president, Samanta Takimi, the company is confident that, in this way, there will be a future with adequate supply, effective sanitation and a safe environment. “And not only that. Together, we will take care of the population, with social work, environmental care, and monitoring programs. We will do our work so that this region and these municipalities develop”, she highlighted.
