The Brazilian National System for Water and Sanitation Data (SNIS): Providing information on a municipal level on water and sanitation services

Basic sanitation services are essential for human development, promoting health and inhibiting the spread of waterborne diseases. The availability information on water at local level supports formulation, implementation improvement public policies aimed advancing provision basic to population. In Brazil, National Water Sanitation Data System (SNIS), administered by Ministry Regional Development (MDR), is largest system in country. Here we present significant aspects SNIS offer most recent results country, which reveals that supply service closest achieve universalization preconized United Nations with almost 93% population served. situation sanitary sewer only 61.9% Brazilian have collection systems, while 78.5% collected volume actually treated. remaining 22.5% raw directly disposed environment. With respect generated sewer, 49.1% solid waste data show a large part urban served home services. major challenge this component ensure final destination environmentally appropriate, since there still many dumps receive from different municipalities. drainage municipalities deficiencies planning