São Paulo accelerates basic sanitation with R$ 70 billion until 2029, expands treated water, sewage, and promises to advance universalization four years ahead of the national deadline.

Written by Fabio Lucas Carvalho

Published on 16/06/2026 at 00:20

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After the privatization of Sabesp, São Paulo increased the investment forecast to accelerate the universalization of basic sanitation by 2029, with billion-dollar investments in drinking water, sewage collection and treatment, as well as projects aimed at water security and the inclusion of vulnerable families.

Sabesp plans to invest R$ 369 per inhabitant in basic sanitation in the coming years in São Paulo, almost three times the national average for 2024, following the privatization carried out in August by the State.

Investment per inhabitant exceeds national average

The forecasted amount is above the R$ 225 per inhabitant deemed necessary to universalize services by 2033. Between 2017 and 2024, before the privatization, the company invested an average of R$ 171 per inhabitant.

With the new cycle, the goal is now to bring forward universalization to 2029, four years ahead of the deadline set by the New Sanitation Legal Framework. The plan foresees R$ 70 billion to be applied by 2029.

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Basic sanitation plan foresees R$ 260 billion

The expansion is part of the Regional Basic Sanitation Plan, which foresees R$ 260 billion by 2060 by Sabesp. Of this total, R$ 70 billion will be allocated to drinking water, sewage collection, and treatment by 2029.

In 2025, São Paulo received R$ 15.2 billion from Sabesp to expand treated water and sewage, an increase of 120% compared to the previous R$ 6.9 billion.

In the first quarter, goals for 2024 to 2026 reached 87% in supply, 77% in sewage collection, and 71% in treatment.

Treated water changes routine after decades

In Vila São Francisco, in Poá, Maria Helena da Silva, 58 years old, was the first resident to receive treated water from Sabesp after 40 years of waiting.

She reported that residents depended on an illegal hose, with low pressure, and it took two hours to fill a bottle. With piped water, the routine now includes hot showers, water for drinking, cooking, and washing clothes.

The expansion is also accompanied by Na Rota da Água, which gives visibility to water security, supply, and universalization projects. The initiative involves technical visits to more than 1,100 sites.

Among the deliveries are projects in Itapecerica da Serra, Embu das Artes, and Embu-Guaçu, stations in Caieiras and Franco da Rocha, and expansion in Francisco Morato.

In IntegraTietê, the expansion and retrofit of the Barueri Sewage Treatment Plant, the largest in Latin America, was contracted. The investment is R$ 5.7 billion, with completion expected by 2029.

Once completed, the project is expected to increase the plant’s treatment capacity by 40.6% and benefit around 4 million people. Sabesp serves 376 municipalities in São Paulo, with approximately 28 million inhabitants.

The investments also reach vulnerable families. The Tarifa Social Paulista reached 6 million beneficiaries, with up to 78% discount and automatic enrollment for updated CadÚnico and BPC beneficiaries.

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São Paulo accelerates basic sanitation with R$ 70 billion until 2029, expands treated water, sewage, and promises to advance universalization four years ahead of the national deadline.

Investment per inhabitant exceeds national average

Basic sanitation plan foresees R$ 260 billion

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São Paulo accelerates basic sanitation with R$ 70 billion until 2029, expands treated water, sewage, and promises to advance universalization four years ahead of the national deadline.

Investment per inhabitant exceeds national average

Basic sanitation plan foresees R$ 260 billion

Treated water changes routine after decades

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Workers were opening a new road connection near the Marginal Tietê when they found, in the underground of the construction site, remnants of locomotives, wagons, and boilers from the 19th century linked to the forgotten history of Lapa.

Instead of burning or burying old tires, an American city is transforming about 2,000 of them into the street itself, paving its first sections with a quieter and more durable rubber asphalt.

China transforms desert-devastated area into the world’s largest artificial forest, planting trees for 60 years, blocking sand that reached Beijing, and creating a “green lung” of 92,000 hectares in a region once considered lost.

He transformed an abandoned plastic water tank into an underground house in the “hobbit hole” style, using only repurposed pallet wood, without heavy machinery or expensive labor.

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