Brazil: fantasy or reality
- From: Vol 3, Issue 6 (June 2002)
- Category: General
- Region: Americas
- Country: Brazil
- Related Companies: Sabesp
The Austrian intellectual, Stefan Zweig, coined the phrase “Brazil: land of the future” in 1941, as he marvelled at the under-exploited resources of the vast tropical wonderland. Cynical Brazilians have subsequently expanded the phrase to “Brazil: land of the future…and it always will be”.
International water companies seeking to operate in Latin America’s largest and most populous country (169.5 million people) will smile wryly in recognition of the delays which have beset the realisation of its full market potential.
Most of Brazil’s urban population (over 90%) is supplied with drinking water but only half is connected to the sewerage network and ...
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