Partners

University of Brescia, of Pavia and Insubria, Universidade Federal da Bahia.

Problems

Presence of natural areas to be preserved next to economically exploited ones, heavy pollution of rio Pojuca, small number of facilities for wastewater collection and treatment.

Targets

Creating a master plan for a sustainable development of rio Pojuca basin.

CeTAmb activities

Socio-economical survey of the basin, evaluation of water availability and consumption, assessment of sanitary facilities, identification of polluting activities and estimation of produced loads.

Main results

Rural population often not served by nets for drinking water supply, only 12% of wastewater treated; large part of population not provided with adequate systems for wastewater collection, in rural areas, widespread practices of burning or burying waste at domestic scale; waste generally disposed of in open dumpsites.