Rural Sanitation: Scenarios and Public Policies for the Brazilian Semi-Arid Region

Brazil’s primary sanitation sector has been neglected, especially concerning rural sanitation. Population dispersion and the difficulty of access in many communities bring more significant challenges to universalization service and, consequently, vulnerabilities for population. The present work builds a theoretical framework about context Brazil, with history, weaknesses sector, impact COVID-19 new technologies, central public policies State Pernambuco. It is known that caused considerable that, added obstacles national sanitation, result greater vulnerability population, indigenous peoples, quilombolas, diffuse communities. In Pernambuco, certain policies, such as One Million Rural Cisterns Program (P1MC), Land Two Waters (P1 + 2), Água Doce Operação Pipa Program, significantly improved quality life However, these measures are not enough remedy sector’s shortcomings. Although alternative technologies hope there long way go towards