Brazil : Managing Water Quality - Mainstreaming the Environment in the Water Sector

摘要: This study examines how environmental issues have been addressed in the water sector Brazil, within context of activities Federal Government, generally, and those implemented under Bank operations, particular. The core focus lies management quality, as it affects both users raw water, who are primarily concerned with disposal wastewater. report considers following three sectoral areas concomitantly - resources management, supply sanitation, and, environment thus limiting its review, to themes which key over-arching issue quality. Water country relied upon heavy investments medium, large scale projects that provided basic infrastructure for uses. However, these produced questionable impacts terms reducing poverty, inequality. One reasons this, has poor despite importance, largely underestimated. While improvements utilization existing remain critical, needs be complemented by incentives service providers, users. Moreover, low economic, environmental, social returns from sector, reflect tendency distract attention objectives design, implementation projects. Thus, an assessment quality goals is required, should based on systematic evaluations costs, benefits reaching alternative standards, explicit objectives.