Cristiane Ribeiro
Reporter Agência Brasil

Rio – According to the 2004 Household Survey (Pesquisa Nacional por Amostra de Domicílios 2004) (PNAD-2004), which was conducted by the government statistical bureau (Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística) (IBGE), 31% of Brazilian homes are not connected to sewage disposal networks. The survey reports that from 2003 to 2004, the availability of sewage disposal networks rose 3.5% in the country.

However, there have been improvements in garbage collection and electricity. In 1999, 20% of Brazilian homes did not have garbage collection; that has now fallen to 14.1%. And while 5.2% of the population did not have electricity in 1999, today only 2.6% do not have it.

Translation: Allen Bennett