Preservation

• Brazil is home to 12% of the world's fresh water, one of the countries with the greatest availability of water¹.

• The North region, which concentrates approximately 68.5% of the country's water resources, is home to only 8.3% of the population¹.

• The Southeast region, which has 6.0% of the country's total water resources, is home to 42.1% of the population. The most critical situation is the Northeast region with 27.8% of the Brazilian population but only 3.3% of the country's water volume¹.

• Brazil discharges almost 5,3 thousand olympic-size swimming pools per day of untreated wastewater into environments².

• Real estate properties in areas with sanitation are worth 16.4% more than others in areas without this services³.

• It is estimated that the gain for property owners who rent or live in their own homes reaches R$ 22.373 billion per year in the country with the full access to sanitation, which represents an income of R$ 447,4 billion from 2016 to 2036³.

Source ¹: Access to water in Brazil's North and Northeast regions: challenges and perspectives - 2018 - Instituto Trata Brasil
Source ²: Sanitation Ranking - 2022 - Instituto Trata Brasil
Source ³: Economic and Social Benefits of Sanitation in Brazil - 2018 - Instituto Trata Brasil