ANALYSIS OF THE WATER COLLECTION, TREATMENT AND DISTRIBUTION PROCESS IN BENJAMIN CONSTANT - AM CITY SANITATION COMPANY

Abstract

In recent decades there has been a widespread recognition that water supply systems for human consumption, in addition to complying with legal standards, must present levels of performance that merit the confidence of consumers in the quality that is provided to them The objective of this work aims to analyze the processes and phases of abstraction, treatment and distribution of water by the municipal sanitation company of Benjamin Constant -AM, in addition to evaluating the economic valuation of water, which is part of the privatization model of basic sanitation services, taking as object of analysis, the characteristics adopted by the responsible COSAMA concessionaire. The methodology consisted in the evaluation of the sanitary conditions, as well as compliance with the accepted legal standards for potability of water for human consumption, based on Portaria n ° 2914/2011 of the Ministry of Health, which establishes potability for public supply. In addition to addressing also the calamity crisis in the year 2015, found in the city. Seeking this, always understand about the importance of water in a global context, such as its economic valuation and public sanitation policies. The results indicated that the concessionaire COSAMA, in the role of supply water abstraction, treatment and distribution, have fulfilled their contracts with the public power in the municipality and performing their services, to meet the social demands, especially in areas with properly registered users showing periodically the analyzes of the treated water.