BR Sao Paulo Water Recovery Project - REAGUA

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The development objective of the Sao Paulo Water Recovery Project (REAGUA) for Brazil is to increase clean water availability in the state of Sao Paulo's critical watersheds. There are three components to the project. The first component of the project is increase water availability. This component will finance activities aimed at increasing the quantity of available water in the targeted watersheds by controlling and reducing real water losses, promoting the rational use of water in public schools and reusing treated wastewater. The second component of the project is enhancing water quality. This component will finance activities aimed at improving the quality of water in the targeted watersheds by building new wastewater connections to new or existing networks, installing pipes and pumps to transport wastewater to new or existing treatment plants and constructing new or upgrading existing wastewater treatment plant. The third component of the project is project management and development of institutional and technical capabilities. This component will carry out activities aimed to increase the efficiency of the Borrower's water and sanitation sector by enhancing and consolidating its institutional, legal and regulatory framework and strengthening of its technical expertise.