Brazil privatises Rio de Janeiro's water, sewage utility
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Rio de Janeiro state privatised its water and sewage utility on Friday, after years of broken promises to improve sewage treatment and clean up the state's polluted Guanabara Bay.It was Brazil'
Rio de Janeiro state privatised its water and sewage utility on Friday, after years of broken promises to improve sewage treatment and clean up the state's polluted Guanabara Bay. It was Brazil's biggest-ever privatisation in the sewage sector, and the first to take place after a new regulatory framework for it took effect. The utility Cedae attends to 64 municipalities in Rio state, of which 35 were included in the auction.
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