Description: Innovative Results-Based Approach to Tackling Water Scarcity in São Paulo

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Innovative Results-Based Approach to Tackling Water Scarcity in São Paulo

Water is an essential part of supporting sustainable economic growth within a more equitable and inclusive society. Possessing about 14 percent of the world's water, Brazil is rich in water resources, but 70 percent is in the Amazon River and...

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Main Authors:	Velez, Carlos E., Tierney, Julia
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	AVAILABILITY OF WATER BASINS CLEAN WATER COMPETITIVE BIDDING CONSTRUCTION CUBIC METER CUBIC METERS ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION LEAKAGE MUNICIPAL COMPANIES MUNICIPAL WATER NATIONAL WATER OPERATIONAL RISKS PERFORMANCE AGREEMENTS PERFORMANCE INDICATORS POLLUTION POLLUTION CONTROL POTABLE WATER PUBLIC SANITATION PUMPING PUMPING STATION PUMPING STATIONS QUALITY OF WATER SANITATION SECTOR SERVICE DELIVERY SERVICE PROVIDER SERVICE PROVIDERS SLUM UPGRADING SOLID WASTE STATE WATER COMPANY SUSTAINABLE USE TRANSPARENCY URBAN AREAS URBAN WATER URBANIZATION USE OF WATER UTILITIES WASTEWATER WASTEWATER TREATMENT WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT WATER ASSOCIATION WATER AVAILABILITY WATER LOSS WATER LOSSES WATER QUALITY WATER QUANTITY WATER RESOURCES WATER SCARCITY WATER SCARCITY PROBLEMS WATER SERVICE WATER SERVICE PROVIDERS WATER SUPPLY WATERSHEDS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2010/08/12810773/innovative-results-based-approach-tackling-water-scarcity-sao-paulo http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10166

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Summary:	Water is an essential part of supporting sustainable economic growth within a more equitable and inclusive society. Possessing about 14 percent of the world's water, Brazil is rich in water resources, but 70 percent is in the Amazon River and only 1.6 percent in the State of Sao Paulo, where 25 percent of the population resides and 33 percent of the country's gross domestic product (GDP) is generated. The Bank has recently approved the innovative Sao Paulo Water Recovery Project (REAGUA) which adopts output-based financing to tackle water scarcity. This is the first Bank-financed project in the water supply and sanitation (WSS) sector to implement comprehensive results based scheme. Its objective is to increase clean water availability in São Paulo but its lessons could be applied worldwide.