Case Study—Copanor, Brazil
In 2006, the government of Minas Gerais decided toimplement a bold investment program to make water and sanitation universally accessible in the rural and poorest region of the state. These areas had been leftaside by the state water supply and san...
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okr-10986-283452021-05-25T09:03:50Z Case Study—Copanor, Brazil Dos Santos Rocha, Wilson Salvetti, Maria AGGREGATION WATER AND SANITATION WATER SUPPLY UTILITY STRUCTURE In 2006, the government of Minas Gerais decided toimplement a bold investment program to make water and sanitation universally accessible in the rural and poorest region of the state. These areas had been leftaside by the state water supply and sanitation (WSS) company, COPASA (Companhia de Saneamento),which had predominantly focused on urban access to WSS services. To do so, the government conducted astudy entitled Project Vida no Vale (VNV, or Life in theValley) that surveyed 1,852 rural localities. Based onthe Project VNV recommendations, the government of Minas Gerais created COPANOR (Copasa Serviços deSaneamento Integrado do Norte e Nordeste de Minas Gerais), a public company, a subsidiary of COPASA,which would be specifically in charge of WSS operationsin rural communities. However, despite the achievements of COPANOR, it has not yet reached financial sustainability, which puts the aggregation model at risk. The state government was prompted to create COPANOR for two main reasons. First, the state company COPASA resisted serving small localities, as doing so could affect its overall sustainability and potentially affect its capacity to deliver good-quality services to its existing customers. Second, several previous experiences of service delivery in ruralareas had failed. However, the 2006 diagnosis found that many of the WSS systemsfunded by PPNSR had been poorly maintained and were dysfunctional. Hence, it became clear to the state government that the PPNSR model should notbe repeated and that an alternative model to deliver WSS service in rural areas should be implemented. The purposes of the COPANOR aggregation encompass professionalization and performance enhancement aswell as economic efficiency.COPANOR also enabled the use of economies ofscale when purchasing treatment products. However,despite those achievements, some progress still needs to be made as water macro metering is not availableand there are no indicators for losses or unaccounted-for water. 2017-09-20T20:36:53Z 2017-09-20T20:36:53Z 2017-08 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/820031505729653427/Case-Study-Copanor-Brazil http://hdl.handle.net/10986/28345 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank Washington, DC: World Bank Economic & Sector Work :: Other Environmental Study Economic & Sector Work Latin America & Caribbean Brazil |
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In 2006, the government of Minas Gerais
decided toimplement a bold investment program to make water
and sanitation universally accessible in the rural and
poorest region of the state. These areas had been leftaside
by the state water supply and sanitation (WSS) company,
COPASA (Companhia de Saneamento),which had predominantly
focused on urban access to WSS services. To do so, the
government conducted astudy entitled Project Vida no Vale
(VNV, or Life in theValley) that surveyed 1,852 rural
localities. Based onthe Project VNV recommendations, the
government of Minas Gerais created COPANOR (Copasa Serviços
deSaneamento Integrado do Norte e Nordeste de Minas Gerais),
a public company, a subsidiary of COPASA,which would be
specifically in charge of WSS operationsin rural
communities. However, despite the achievements of COPANOR,
it has not yet reached financial sustainability, which puts
the aggregation model at risk. The state government was
prompted to create COPANOR for two main reasons. First, the
state company COPASA resisted serving small localities, as
doing so could affect its overall sustainability and
potentially affect its capacity to deliver good-quality
services to its existing customers. Second, several previous
experiences of service delivery in ruralareas had failed.
However, the 2006 diagnosis found that many of the WSS
systemsfunded by PPNSR had been poorly maintained and were
dysfunctional. Hence, it became clear to the state
government that the PPNSR model should notbe repeated and
that an alternative model to deliver WSS service in rural
areas should be implemented. The purposes of the COPANOR
aggregation encompass professionalization and performance
enhancement aswell as economic efficiency.COPANOR also
enabled the use of economies ofscale when purchasing
treatment products. However,despite those achievements, some
progress still needs to be made as water macro metering is
not availableand there are no indicators for losses or
unaccounted-for water. |
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