As a company focused on basic sanitation management, Aegea's main raw material is water. It is one of the fundamental resources for the ecosystem, which is heavily impacted by climate change. For this reason, the company works hard to promote Water Security and actions of Positive Impact on the Ecosystem. Learn how:
SECURITY WATER
More than 33 billion cubic meters of drinking water are lost annually throughout the world in water supply systems. In Brazil, approximately 2.2 billion cubic meters of treated water are lost each year due to leaks in distribution networks.
One of the biggest challenges for sanitation companies worldwide is controlling water losses. With this in mind, Aegea created the new Loss Management and Control System (GCP), which includes procedures for the entire distribution network, from the moment the water leaves the treatment plant until it reaches the end user.
The GCP has a team specially trained to detect and combat treated water losses, and is responsible for implementing a standardized model with the mission of achieving differentiated loss rates in the system. To exemplify the results achieved, at Águas Guariroba, an Aegea concession in Campo Grande (MS), the company reduced water losses from 60% to 19%, using the tools worked on by the GCP system.
Still related to water distribution, Aegea created the GHG (Energy Efficiency Management), a system developed with a focus on managing the energy efficiency of water distribution systems. Below is a graph showing the results obtained from the implementation of the Energy Efficiency Management system in Campo Grande.
IMPACT ON THE ECOSYSTEM
The Araruama Lagoon, in the lakes region of Rio de Janeiro, was suffering from the environmental impacts caused by the lack of sewage collection and treatment. The lagoon, which was once the region's main landmark, reached environmental collapse. With the work of Aegea, the sewage that was previously dumped directly into the lagoon began to be collected and transported to treatment plants. In addition to reversing the worrying situation in which the Araruama Lagoon found itself, tourism returned to the region and the many fishermen who make their living from the lagoon began to enjoy this ecosystem once again.
Another important project that Aegea supports with an impact on the ecosystem is the forest restoration in the Lagos São João Basin, developed in conjunction with the Basin Committee, Lagos São João Consortium and Águas de Juturnaíba Concessionaire. The main proposal is to identify those who have areas available for planting and people or companies that need to plant.
Through the program, almost 100,000 seedlings have already been planted around the Juturnaíba Reservoir, the main water supply reservoir for the Lagos Region. In addition, the project has registered more than 200 hectares for reforestation.
Prolagos, an Aegea concessionaire located in the lakes region of Rio de Janeiro, also works with greenhouse gas inventories. These inventories are instruments that allow the analysis of the quantity, nature and location of emissions that occur in a given area over a period of time. The results of the inventories highlight the sectors of activity and the locations responsible for the greatest emissions of pollutants into the atmosphere, in order to assist decision-makers in selecting strategies to reduce emissions. Since 2011, Prolagos has been working on quantifying these gases in order to minimize their impact on the environment.
Aegea has several socio-environmental projects in its DNA, committing to work with an increasing focus on caring for the environment and the impacts resulting from climate change, implementing actions and measures that are fundamental to achieving the goals established by the Federal Government.
