Brazil: the new president and water

While Brazil’s attention is focused on October’s presidential, congressional and state government elections, GWI thought it would be a good time to reflect on the state of the water sector and the likely effect the new incumbents may have on it.

By the start of August, there were three front-runners for the presidency. Heading the opinion polls was veteran socialist Luis Ignacio ‘Lula’ da Silva of the Partido dos Trabalhadores (PT). Although the PT has been vociferous in condemning state water privatisation, the city of Ribeirão Preto still contracted a BOT sewage project under a PT city administration, and its ...

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