Sama to tender sewage concession
- From: Vol 3, Issue 1 (January 2002)
- Category: General
- Region: Americas
- Country: Brazil
Saneamento Basico de Mauá (Sama), the municipal water company of Mauá in Greater São Paulo, launched a tender for a 30-year sewage treatment concession last month.
The significance of the move is that Mauá is a stronghold of the leftwing Workers Party, the Partido dos Trabalhadores (PT), which has led the campaign against water sector privatisation. Mauá’s PT mayor,
Oswaldo Dias, was re-elected for a second four-year term in 2000.
The announcement of the concession is a small piece of good news for private investors ...
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