The objective of this study was to carry out the diagnosis of basic sanitation services in the city
of Santarém, State of Pará, Brazil. For that, we conducted documentary, bibliographic and field
research with a quantitative and qualitative approach. In the documentary and bibliographic
research, information was searched in the database of the National System of Information on
Sanitation (SNIS), Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), Santarém City Hall
(PMS), scientific articles and other publications. The information collected refers to coverage
indices and indicators of the water supply, sewage system, solid waste management and urban
drainage system for the municipality of Santarém. In the field study, structured questionnaires
were applied with open and closed questions for managers and responsible for sanitation
services of water supply, sanitary sewage, solid waste management services and rainwater
management services, involving only the area with the objective of characterizing each service
in relation to existing management tools and structures. The water and sewage services in the
municipality of Santarém are managed and executed by the Pará Sanitation Company
(COSANPA), with partial service of the services in the urban area (40.273 active economies),
has groundwater capture from 10 tubular wells and 60 shallow wells. The sanitary depletion
system consists of two sewage treatment plants deployed in 2016 that serve 3103 active
economies which correspond to 15000 inhabitants. The management of solid waste and
rainwater management is the responsibility of the Municipal Infrastructure Secretariat
(SEMINFRA) linked to PMS. The Home collection RS meets the entire urban area, it is
estimated that they are collected weekly 43 tonnes of waste, the same are destined to the
municipal landfill. Only 30% of the districts count the rainwater drainage system, SEMINFRA
does not provide information on the natural drainage network, the flow drained by the system
and the existence of silting problems. In the face of the current scenario, it is observed that the
universalization of services is challenging, with the main obstacle, the lack of public policies,
the regulation of services and investments for the sector, which ceases to be feasible, active and
efficient, Thus contributing to the low coverage rates and the inefficiency of the services.
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