Políticas públicas no saneamento básico: Reflexos socioeconômicos no Sul de Minas Gerais

Abstract

This paper addresses the role of municipal sanitation policies in the universalization of basic sanitation. To this end, we sought to answer the question: are municipal sanitation policies related to the water and sewage indexes of municipalities in southern Minas Gerais? We understood the municipal sanitation policies and the water and sewage indexes of the 155 municipalities that make up the South of Minas Gerais and their relationship, and the effects on socioeconomic aspects. This is a relational theoretical essay on public sanitation policies and analysis of municipal sanitation, water and sewage policy indices (secondary data). Through the application of descriptive statistics, it was possible to understand the roles of public policies and their interaction with basic sanitation infrastructure. It is concluded that the public sanitation policies of the municipalities of Southern Minas interact with sanitation indexes (water and sewage), because as municipalities increase with public sanitation policies, they also raise the rates of universalization of sanitation, as population served, treated water and collected sewage.