Indicadores para a avaliação de projetos de saneamento

Abstract

The State has the responsibility to ensure water supply and sewerage services to the society. Planning water supply and wastewater projects is essential because it guarantees the quality of life of the society. These services have great social repercussion, it has impact on the environment, health and urban development. The multiple project interfaces are responsible the complexity of the decision-making process of project planning. The decision must be taken considering technical, economic and financial studies, social, environmental, political and legal issues. Consequently, the aim of this paper is to analyze the main indicators in planning for water and sewage projects under multiple dimensions. An extensive literature research was performed, with more than fifty papers of national and international studies concerning water supply and sewerage projects. This study is important to support the decision making toward an integrated planning with multiple dimensions. The results of the study are important to support professionals, managers, technicians, experts and scholars towards the management of public water policies; thus, the project planning rely on accurate information with well-defined objectives.