Assessment of the Sewage Coverage Index in the World from 2000 To 2020: Situation of the Indicator in the Countries and the Importance of Monitoring this Information

Abstract

There are millions of people who do not benefit from sanitary sewage systems in Brazil and in the world. The absence of sanitary sewage systems increases the number of people affected by waterborne diseases and consequently their quality of life. The present research used the bibliographic research as a technical procedure, obtaining secondary data on sewage coverage (%) extracted from the database of The International Benchmarking Network (IBNET), for the years 2000, 2010, 2015 and the data more actions made available by the concessionaires of the countries to the platform. This article will allow people and companies that work with sanitation to know the reality of sewage coverage in their countries and with that they can seek to work with a process of continuous improvement. In relation to the most current data provided by 101 countries, 30.69% of the countries have sewage coverage with sewage coverage equal to or less than 40%.This article is a mechanism that allows sanitation companies to direct investments to countries that really need it, in order to contribute to improvements in global public health, with millions of people benefiting from a better quality of life.