Sustainability r e p o r t - Sabesp

Taubaté and Tremembé have the best sewage treatmentsystem project in BrazilSabesp’s Sewage Treatment Plant opened in March 2010 will treat 100% of thewastewater collected in Taubaté and Tremembé. This project was elected by theNational Water Agency (ANA) the best sewage treatment system project in Brazil.Sabesp’s investments in both cities, in 2007-2010, will total R$133 million.Canal Limpo (Clean Channel)Sabesp employees clean a canal in Santos.In 2009, an agreement between Sabesp and the City of Santos created the Canal LimpoProgram. The investments in this program are roughly R$9 million. The initiative iskey for the improvement of the swimming conditions on the region’s beaches and thesuccess of the Onda Limpa program.The R$100 million investment—in the building of the plant, pipe laying and sewagelift stations—will immediately benefit roughly 330,000 people and serve the entirepopulation of Taubaté and Tremembé by year 2025. It will also represent the increase inthe sewage treatment ratio from 2 to 100 percent in these municipalities, treating anaverage 1.8 million liters of wastewater per hour, no longer discharged in river Paraíbado Sul.We will receive R$16 million in installments for the volume of wastewater monthlytreated, through the Watershed Decontamination Program (Prodes), of the FederalGovernment. These funds will be fully reinvested in the Paraíba Valley region.The program involves works in 22.5 kilometers on the 19 channel of Santos, which drainrainwater to the beaches, and will last 24 months. Additionally, it includes a series ofactions focused on the elimination of wastewater disposal into the canals throughillegal connections to the rainwater drainage system.Toward universal water and sewage servicesSabesp’s vision states that “In 2018, to be recognized as the company that, within its areaof operation, with a focus on the costumer, has universalized water and sewage services,in a competitive and sustainable way, with excellence in environmental solutions.”Currently, 366 cities served, 125 with universal water supply and sewage collectionand treatment services. Three business units are close to completing the work toprovide all types of sanitation services to the where we operate: Low Tietê and Grande,headquartered in Lins; Low Paranapanema, headquartered in Presidente Prudente; andPardo and Grande, headquartered in Franca.All 83 cities served by the Low Tietê and Grande Business Unit have universal urbansanitation services since early 2010. This was attained after the completion of the worksin 11 sewage treatment plants, added to the 93 already existing in the region.In the area covered by the Low Paranapanema Business Unit, universal sewagecollection and treatment services will be reached in 2011. To ensure it, we are buildingthe Álvares Machado, Echaporã and Adamantina sewage systems. By 2011, there will be75 sewage treatment plants in operation in the region.Taubaté STP–Tremenbé.In the area covered by the Pardo and Grande Business Unit, universal sewagecollection and treatment services will be reached in 2011 in the urban areas of the 29municipalities served. We have already contracted the main works to be completed thatwill ensure universal services.44 Relatório de Sustentabilidade 2009 45