World Basin Summit 2026: Integrated Water Governance in Metropolitan Regions in Brazil

Integrated Water Governance in Metropolitan Regions in Brazil: The Link between Water Resource Management and the Regulation of Sanitation Services for Water Supply Resilience

Opening and moderation 

• Mr. Nicolas Bourlon, Director of Projects for Latin America at the International Office for Water (OiEau)
• Mr. Robson Cardinelli, Director of the Technical Chamber for Sanitation (CASAN), Rio de Janeiro State Agency for Energy and Basic Sanitation Regulation (AGENERESA), Brazil

Focus on service regulation, monitoring of investments in resilience, emergency plans and the quality of service delivery (Representatives of regulatory agencies)

• Mr. Luiz Antonio de Oliveira Júnior, Director of Basic Sanitation Inspection, São Paulo State Public Services Regulatory Agency (ARSESP), Brazil
• Mr. Rafael Machado Mello, Director of Water Supply and Sanitation, Federal District Water, Energy and Basic Sanitation Regulatory Agency (ADASA), Brazil

Focus on water resource management, water intake permits, hydrological monitoring and water shortage protocols (Representatives of management bodies)

• Mr Silvano Silvério da Costa, Superintendent of Basic Sanitation Services Regulation, National Agency for Water and Basic Sanitation (ANA), Brazil
• Ms. Ana Paula Zubiaurre Brites, Director, São Paulo State Water Agency (SPAguas), Brazil

Focus on the implementation of regulatory directives, operational challenges and investment in infrastructures for water security (Representatives of concessionaires and the public granting authority)

• Ms. Caroline Lopes Santos, Head of Environment, Águas do Rio, Brazil
• Mr. Thibault Lechat-Vega, President, French Guiana Water Authority, France
• Video by the Interdepartmental Union for Water Supply and Sanitation in the Paris Region (SIAAP) on the clean-up of the River Seine – Progress in sanitation in the Île-de-France region

Q&A with the audience

Conclusions

• Ms. Ana Asti, Under-Secretary for Water Resources and Sustainability, Rio de Janeiro State Secretariat for the Environment and Sustainable Development (SEAS)and Chair of the Committee for the Integration of the Paraíba do Sul River Basin (CEIVAP), Brazil 
• Mr. Vinicius Benevides, President of the Brazilian Association of Regulatory Agencies (ABAR), Brazil