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Para sistematizar e facilitar a circulação de conhecimentos sobre água e saneamento, o IAS desenvolveu ferramentas que buscam ampliar a capacidade de ação e de intervenção dos públicos envolvidos com esta agenda. Nossas iniciativas buscam trazer conteúdo em uma linguagem mais acessível, que permita a públicos menos técnicos assimilarem o conhecimento e transformá-los em ação.

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Consulta pública da ANA sobre agenda regulatória vai até 19 de setembro

13 September 2024

A Agência Nacional de Águas e Saneamento Básico (ANA) está no processo de elaboração de sua agenda regulatória para o período de 2025 e 2026 e abriu a consulta pública n°005 / 2024 para colher contribuições sobre os temas e prazos propostos. A consulta foi aberta no dia 05 de agosto, e vai até 19…

Quem controla a água e o saneamento na sua cidade

12 September 2024

Em menos de quatro anos, 23 estados brasileiros aprovaram leis para regionalização dos serviços de água e esgoto, que resultaram em novos arranjos de gestão dos serviços de água e saneamento. O período também presenciou mudanças no perfil de muitos prestadores.   Nesse período, também foram concluídos diversos processos de desestatização em todo o país, incluindo…

Saneamento básico:  por uma universalização inclusiva e resiliente até 2033

12 September 2024

É inegável que temos no país um persistente quadro de desigualdade no acesso à água potável e ao saneamento, direitos humanos consagrados pelas Nações Unidas. Ao mesmo tempo, é recorrente a avaliação de que as metas de atendimento presentes no Marco Legal do Saneamento dificilmente serão cumpridas. Essa situação motiva a constante pressão da sociedade…

O lugar da água e do saneamento nas campanhas eleitorais municipais

21 August 2024

Foi dada a largada da campanha eleitoral para escolher prefeito e vereadores nos 5.570 municípios do país. Entre os muitos temas que devem aparecer em debates e discursos, o IAS acredita que água e saneamento deveriam estar em destaque.   Água e saneamento são historicamente importantes para as cidades e ligadas a questões de planejamento urbano,…

Especialista do IAS destaca papel da sociedade na promoção do acesso à água e saneamento

21 August 2024

“É crucial entender que o acesso aos serviços de abastecimento de água e esgotamento sanitário deve ser adequado, estável e seguro, sem discriminações territoriais. A água transportada deve ser segura, e o tratamento de esgoto deve ser eficaz e acessível a todos, garantindo a acessibilidade econômica”, afirmou Paula Pollini, analista sênior de políticas públicas do…

IAS launches the Water and Sanitation Forum, a space for exchange of ideas and debate

04 July 2024

To celebrate its five years of activity, the IAS – the Water and Sanitation Institute – held a meeting in São Paulo on June 25 to launch the Water and Sanitation Forum. More than 50 guests were present, including representatives of NGOs, foundations, public agencies and private companies.

Expansion of private providers and advanced regionalization: the highlights of the sanitation sector in 2024

26 June 2024

The review of the Sanitation Legal Framework, approved by the Brazilian Congress in July 2020, brought about profound changes in the sector. With the law now nearly four years old, IAS has unveiled the New 2024 Sanitation Chart, an unprecedented survey on the broad changes that the area has been undergoing. The full report can be downloaded here.

IAS: 5 years working on behalf of sanitation issues

18 April 2024

On April 18, 2019, the Water and Sanitation Institute (IAS), a civil society organization whose mission is to expand access to sanitation to the entire Brazilian population, was founded. According to the 2022 Census, one in four Brazilians still has no access to sanitation...

Throughout history cooperation over water has been more common than conflict

22 March 2024

Disputes over water have been around since ancient times. Historians record a hundred-year-long conflict related to water and irrigation in Sumer around 2500 BC. More recently, the tensions between Israelis and Palestinians have seen numerous clashes related to water sources.

IAS retrospective: water and sanitation in 2023

22 December 2023

In Brazil, a country with historical problems of access to water and sanitation, time may go by but the challenges remain the same. And 2023 was no different. In fact, there was even a slight worsening of the situation. According to the 2023 Relatório Luz (Spotlight Report), Brazil has gone backwards in water and sanitation indicators, meaning that the 2030 target, established by the UN as a deadline for its member countries to make the world more sustainable and less unequal, has become more distant.

IAS launches the Water and Sanitation Forum, a space for exchange of ideas and debate

04 July 2024

To celebrate its five years of activity, the IAS – the Water and Sanitation Institute – held a meeting in São Paulo on June 25 to launch the Water and Sanitation Forum. More than 50 guests were present, including representatives of NGOs, foundations, public agencies and private companies.

Expansion of private providers and advanced regionalization: the highlights of the sanitation sector in 2024

26 June 2024

The review of the Sanitation Legal Framework, approved by the Brazilian Congress in July 2020, brought about profound changes in the sector. With the law now nearly four years old, IAS has unveiled the New 2024 Sanitation Chart, an unprecedented survey on the broad changes that the area has been undergoing. The full report can be downloaded here.

IAS: 5 years working on behalf of sanitation issues

18 April 2024

On April 18, 2019, the Water and Sanitation Institute (IAS), a civil society organization whose mission is to expand access to sanitation to the entire Brazilian population, was founded. According to the 2022 Census, one in four Brazilians still has no access to sanitation...

Throughout history cooperation over water has been more common than conflict

22 March 2024

Disputes over water have been around since ancient times. Historians record a hundred-year-long conflict related to water and irrigation in Sumer around 2500 BC. More recently, the tensions between Israelis and Palestinians have seen numerous clashes related to water sources.

IAS retrospective: water and sanitation in 2023

22 December 2023

In Brazil, a country with historical problems of access to water and sanitation, time may go by but the challenges remain the same. And 2023 was no different. In fact, there was even a slight worsening of the situation. According to the 2023 Relatório Luz (Spotlight Report), Brazil has gone backwards in water and sanitation indicators, meaning that the 2030 target, established by the UN as a deadline for its member countries to make the world more sustainable and less unequal, has become more distant.

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