Foz do Brasil Bags Sao Paulo Water Contract

Brazil’s state water utility company Sabesp has awarded a 34-year contract worth $138m to engineering and sanitation company Foz do Brasil to provide water to Sao Paulo, Brazil.

The project includes treating wastewater at Sabesp’s treatment plant on the border of Sao Paulo and Sao Caetano, and transporting it to the Capuava petrochemical pole in Sao Paulo’s ABC region via a pipeline through Mauá.

The project can produce 1,000l per second of recycled water and provide it to municipalities and companies through 17km of pipeline.

Once completed, 65% of the reused water will be supplied to local petrochemical company Quattor.

The project can supply potable water to 350,000 residents, according waterworld.com.

The work began in April this year and supply is expected to begin in 21 months.