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Water Utility Operation in the Amazon Valley
Author(s) -
Branco Zadir C.
Publication year - 1963
Publication title -
journal ‐ american water works association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1551-8833
pISSN - 0003-150X
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8833.1963.tb01039.x
Subject(s) - sewerage , amazon rainforest , geography , per capita , yard , water supply , agricultural economics , water resource management , forestry , economics , environmental engineering , engineering , environmental science , sociology , ecology , population , physics , demography , quantum mechanics , biology
This article presents statistical evidence of the successful operation of the Servico Autonomo de Aqua e Esgoto (SAAE), or Autonomous Service for Water and Sewerage, in Brazil in 1961. The data was gathered from a group of fourteen water supply systems located in the state of Para, in northern Brazil. This selection was made purposely because, as is generally known, the area is one of the poorest in the country, with a very low per capita income. The author believes that the group represents the average type of town of the region, a part of the Amazon Valley where the jungle is in the customer's back yard. It is hoped that the Brazilian experience in water management may serve at least as a source of reference for other countries.