GEF THIRD BIENNIAL CONFERENCE ON

INTERNATIONAL WATERS

Notes on the State of Bahia (Brasil) Master Plan

INVESTMENTS FOR THE PERIOD 2005-2020 (US$1,000.00)

Program State of Bahia

Municipalities Private Sector

Total

Institutional Development

3,940.00 - - 3,940.00

Planning and Managing Water Resources

17,460.00 - 1,590.00 19,050.00

Environmental Preservation

205,255.20 - 239,548.80 444,804.00

Increasing Water Availability

372,956.80 141,742.00 - 514,698.80

Water Demand Management

773,551.20 392,338.00 353.00 1,166,242.80

Total 1,373,163.20 534,080.00 241,492.40 2,148,735.60

Optimum prices for water use of the Bahia river basin

Optimum Prices (US$/m3) Watersheds No restrictions With restrictions

Verde-Jacaré Irrigation 1,38 1,64x10-3

Human supply 8,97x10-4 0,63 Alto Grande

Irrigation 7,42x10-4 1,15x10-3

Human supply 4,92x10-4 5,01x10-4

Electric Energy generating 4,86x10-4 3,40x10-4 Corrente

Irrigation 1,32x10-3 2,63x10-3

Human Supply 8,94x10-4 3,39x10-2 Electric Energy generating 1,21x10-3 4,34x10-4

Contas Irrigation 5,69x10-2 2,40x10-3 Human supply 9,84x10-4 0,30

Electric Energy generating 2,61x10-3 2,45x10-2 Salitre

Irrigation 7,16x10-2 2,21x10-3

Human supply 6,75x10-3 0,63 Méd. e Bx. Grande/Mg. Esq. do Lago

Irrigation 6,78x10-4 2,11x10-3

Human Supply 0,48 ---- M. Dir. do Submédio São Francisco

Irrigation 6,73x10-4 ---- Human supply ---- ----

Paramirim Irrigation 6,61x10-2 2,46x10-2 Human Supply 5,18x10-4 0,48

Médio e Baixo Paraguaçu Irrigation 9,04x10-4 ---- Human supply 0,10 ----

Recôncavo Norte e Inhambupe Irrigation 7,32x10-4 ---- Human Supply 4,29x10-2 ----

Industrial supply 4,29x10-2 ---- Recôncavo Sul

Irrigação 1,13x10-3 ----

Human Supply 6,07x10-3 ---- Alto Paraguaçu

Irrigation 8,00x10-4 ----

Human supply 2,76x10-1 ----

Electric energy generating 8,40x10-4 ---- Itapicuru

Irrigation 9,91x10-3 9,86x10-3

Human supply 1,08x10-3 ----

Cromo* reject 1,52x10-2 1,80x10-1

Source: Garrido, Raymundo. Salvador. 2004 * Price in R$/ton of crome reject

WATER TARIFFS IN BAHIA (US$1,000)

Year Consumptive Uses

Effluent Dilution

Total

2010 8,207.12 1,066.92 9,274.04 2020 11,586.25 2,250.17 13,836.42

SOME INSTIGATING ISSUES

01. Brasilian Federalism and the relationship among the states 02. River Basin Commmittee Role 03. Timing for Legal-Institutional Reforms 04. Sources of water resources management problems - Lack of Sanitation Services - Inadequate Solid Wastes Disposal - Droughts combined with Poverty (Brasilian case) 05. Conclusions

SOME INSTIGATING ISSUES

01. Brasilian Federalism and the relationship among the states 02. River Basin Commmittee Role 03. Timing for Legal-Institutional Reforms 04. Sources of water resources management problems

- Lack of Sanitation Services - Inadequate Solid Wastes Disposal - Droughts combined with Poverty (Brasilian case) - Wasteful Practices

05. Conclusions