Registration open for event in São Paulo, focused on managers
and employees of companies in the region
Imagine having the chance to involve your company's leaders in a meeting where the objective is to (re)discover the current scenario of the Cantareira System and join forces to increase its resilience. At stake: sustainability for companies – learn more about the importance of the Cantareira System for your business and how you can contribute, On June 4th, at UMAPAZ, in the capital of São Paulo, company leaders will have the opportunity to exchange information with professionals who work in the region and also learn about actions that have the potential to respond to the challenges.
Registration is now open at the link http://bit.ly/sustentabilidade-para-empresas and due to the participatory bias, vacancies are limited. Managers and employees of companies are the target audience of the action of the Semeando Água Project, an initiative of IPÊ – Ecological Research Institute with sponsorship from Petrobras, through the Petrobras Socio-Environmental Program and the Federal Government.
Andrea Pupo, environmental education coordinator for the Semeando Água Project, emphasizes that the dynamics of a game truly mobilizes the active participation of the public. “In the game, participants do more than share information; they exchange knowledge and experiences among themselves and with the Semeando Água Project team. In São Paulo, addressing sustainability necessarily involves the issue of the Cantareira System, which supplies water to 7.6 million people in the capital and the greater São Paulo region.”
During the dry season that begins in April, the System recorded 57.2% of capacity on the 15th, a volume below the ideal (70%) and even lower than in the same period before the 2013 crisis (63.8% – considered normal, since it is above 60%). At the end of the rainy season (March), if the Cantareira System recorded a volume corresponding to more than 70% of capacity, the chance of entering the alert state – below 40% – would be reduced. The water from the Cantareira System is intended to supply homes and businesses in the metropolitan region of São Paulo, in addition to the regions of Campinas and Piracicaba.
For Alexandre Uezu, general coordinator of the Semeando Água project, even after the water crisis, one of the System’s greatest challenges continues to be increasing resilience. “If we look at historical rainfall data, we can see that since 1940 we have had several moments when we were very close to the level recorded during the water crisis and at other times the volume was even lower. This is not an isolated event. In addition to the challenges of current land use, we have the accumulated effect of a use that disregarded the medium and long-term effects. The results of this combination are extreme: periods of drought – as happened in 2013/2014 and flooding – as we had in 2009/2010. All of this creates an alert for the need to make the Cantareira System more resilient.”
Service:
At stake: sustainability for companies – learn more about the importance of the Cantareira System for your business and how you can contribute
When: June 4th – 9am to 1pm (brunch at 11am)
Location: UMAPaz Headquarters Lobby/ Municipal Secretariat for Green Areas and the Environment
Address: 1268 Fourth Centennial Avenue
Pedestrians: Gate 7th
Parking: Gate 7 of Av. República do Líbano (Blue Zone)
Note: Due to limited vacancies, each company should ideally have one or two representatives at most.
Photo caption: Jaguari Dam, in Bragança Paulista, which is part of the Cantareira System
Image Credit: Andre Silver
More information for the press:
Cybele Quirino
semeandoagua-com@ipe.org.br / 11 97297-3516
