Aguas de Claudia

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In February 2004 the municipality of Claudia, in the state of Mato Grosso, Brazil, awarded a 30 year rehabilitate, operate and transfer contract for its water and sewage infrastructure to private operator Aguas de Claudia. The concession was awarded through Municipal ordinance no. 057/2003 and Contract no. 033/2004. In 2004 the town of Claudia had a population of 12,000 people, served by a total of 2,400 water connections. Aguas de Claudia was a special purpose company owned by Brazilian company Perenge Engenharia. The concession was awarded through an open competitive tender. No information was available on the number of final bidders. Aguas de Claudia committed to invest some 0.88 million Real (approximately 300,000 US$) over the concession’s lifetime. Losses in the water network were to be reduced from 35% to 25% by 2016. In 2012, Aegea (subsidiary of the Brazilian company Equipav) acquired the project company along with another 15 water and wastewater concessionaries that were operating in the state of Mato Grosso and belonged to Grupo Dias. The ownership of all these companies were transfered to a newly created holding called Nascente do Xingu, itself a wholly-owned subsidiary of Aegea.