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Numbers
The IAS continuously monitors changes in Brazil’s basic sanitation services. Understanding the extent of the issue, the complexity of its management, and the scale of the services provided is key for Brazil to advance towards universal access to basic sanitation.
36,6
million people do not have access to public water supply services
97
million do not have access to public sewage treatment services
50 %
of the sewage generated is discharged untreated into the environment
Publication

Water and Sanitation in 2021
Overview and prospects after the approval of the new Sanitation Legal Framework
November 2021

Overview and prospects after the passing of the new Sanitation Legal Framework 14,026/2020, analyzing what happened to Brazil’s basic sanitation policy a little more than one year after the approval of this legal framework, in July 2020.
Initiatives
Our initiatives aim to empower stakeholders to carry out actions and interventions to drive the sanitation agenda forward.