1. Citizen participation on water supply and sanitation in
Porto Alegre / Brazil
DMAE
Odete Maria Viero
General Director’s Assistant Engineer
Water and Sanitation Municipal Department (DMAE)
Porto Alegre – RS – Brazil

2. Porto Alegre – City information
Citizen participation on water supply and sanitation in Porto Alegre / Brazil
Porto Alegre – City information
Capital of the state of Rio Grande do Sul
1,400,000 inhabitants
HDI = (1991 – 1995)
0.792 (1999)
Deaths per thousand births = 13.8
(National average = 65.0)

3. History of water service in Porto Alegre
Citizen participation on water supply and sanitation in Porto Alegre / Brazil
History of water service in Porto Alegre
Private service in the 19th century
Municipality takes over in 1904
In 1961, City Council transforms the water department into an autonomous and financially independent municipally-owned undertaking

4. DMAE’s performance 99.5% of city population with treated water
Citizen participation on water supply and sanitation in Porto Alegre / Brazil
DMAE’s performance
99.5% of city population with treated water
(about 557,381 households)
70% (1990)
84% (2003)
Sewerage services
2% (1990)
27% (2003)
77% (within 5 years – credit is being negotiated)
Wastewater treatment
Labour
2,491 workers (August 2003)

5. DMAE as an autonomous municipal organisation
Citizen participation on water supply and sanitation in Porto Alegre / Brazil
DMAE as an autonomous municipal organisation
Separated legal personality from the City Hall
Operational autonomy
Financial independence
Financially self-sufficient
Reinvest at least 25% of its yearly revenues

6. Management structure General Director Technical Management Council
Citizen participation on water supply and sanitation in Porto Alegre / Brazil
Management structure
General Director
Technical Management Council
Deliberative Council

7. Composition of the Deliberative Council
Citizen participation on water supply and sanitation in Porto Alegre / Brazil
Composition of the Deliberative Council
Commerce Association of Porto Alegre
Engineering Society of Rio Grande do Sul
Industries Centre of Rio Grande do Sul
Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
Lawyers Institute of Rio Grande do Sul
Porto Alegre Municipal Employees Union
Press Association of Rio Grande do Sul
Economy Society of Rio Grande do Sul
Department of Statistics and Socio-Economic Studies
Medical Association of Rio Grande do Sul
Environment Protection State Association
Union of Porto Alegre Neighborhood Association
Union of Real State Intermediary and Administration of Condominiums of Rio Grande do Sul

8. Citizen participation on water supply and sanitation in Porto Alegre / Brazil
Deliberative Council
Approving works plans; tenders; contracts and agreements entered into by DMAE;
Water supply and sanitation tariffs;
Annual budgetary proposals (proposta anual de orçamento);
Annual Financial Statement (informe econômico financeiro);
Financial operations;
Alienation of property and scraping materials;
General Personnel Policy, when requested by the General Director.

9. Participatory Budget Direct democracy
Citizen participation on water supply and sanitation in Porto Alegre / Brazil
Participatory Budget
Direct democracy
All activities of the municipality
City is divided in 16 areas
Participation is voluntary and universal

10. Participatory Budget 2004 CYCLE
Citizen participation on water supply and sanitation in Porto Alegre / Brazil
Participatory Budget 2004 CYCLE
January: Discussion and voting on the By-laws, general
and technical criteria in the COP (Participatory Budget Council).  
February: The COP goes into recess. 
March to April: Preparatory meetings. These are meetings to articulate,
Organize and prepare the OP in the regions, microregions (a division created by
the communities to broaden and democratize the discussion of demands within the Regions) and thematic areas.
April to May: Large Regional and thematic plenary meetings. Round of Assemblies
in the regions and thematic meetings.
May to July: Regions and thematic issues.
July: Municipal Council.
July to September: Analysis of demands and setting up matrix
August to September: Voting the Budget Matrix. Discussion and voting on the Budget Matrix and distribution of resources to the regions and thematic areas in de COP.
October to December: Detailing the Plan of Investments and Services.

11. 1992 to 2001 Participatory Budgeting temathic priorities
Citizen participation on water supply and sanitation in Porto Alegre / Brazil
1992 to 2001 Participatory Budgeting temathic priorities
Source: Planning Office – GAPLAN
Porto Alegre City Hall

12. Participatory Budgeting in water
Citizen participation on water supply and sanitation in Porto Alegre / Brazil
Participatory Budgeting in water
Criterion for establisment of water supply network
- Basic eliminatory criterions:
1)   Indefinite land situation
2) Areas subject to geological risks or liable to flooding
3) Technically unfavourable conditions(outflow and stress)
4) Irregular or illegal settlements.
Classificatory criterions – according the community
priorities of each Participatory Budgeting
(Orçamento Participativo - O.P.)region

13. Basic criterion for establisment of sanitation network
Citizen participation on water supply and sanitation in Porto Alegre / Brazil
Basic criterion for establisment of sanitation network
- Basic eliminatory criterions: 
1 Indefinite settlement situation
2 To be situated in the urban perimeter
3 Areas subject to geological risks or liable to flooding
4 Does not have regular public network supply
5 Unfeasible cost/benefit relation
6 Ilegal setttlements
7 Isoleted streets from any system, without suitable throwing connections   
- Classificatory criterions 
1 Participatory Budgeting – (O.P).- priorization order
2 Cost benefit – 5 to 20 points
3 Connection to sewerage system – 30 points
4 Places without sanitation connection
5 Project to protect the water sources – 30 points
6 Favourable urban conditions 10 points

14. Citizen participation on water supply and sanitation in Porto Alegre / Brazil
Organization Chart
General Director
Legal Consultation
Social Communication Unit
Planning Coordination
Operations Superintendecy
Development Superintendecy
Commercial Superintendecy
Administrative Superintendecy
Water Division
Sewage Division
Treatment Division
Maintenance Division
Researche Division
Planning Division
Work Division
Installations Division
Revenues Division
Suplies Division
Financial Division
Human Resource Division
General Resources
Patrimony Administr.

15. Citizen participation on water supply and sanitation in Porto Alegre / Brazil
Staff Ratios at DMAE
Total number of employees (Aug 2003)
2,491
Budget for 2003
$ 79,477,967
Number of households with water and domestic sewage (Aug 2003)
557,381
Number of connections with water and domestic sewage (Aug 2003)
258,671
Budget to staff ratio
R$ 92,500 per staff in activity
Or US$ 31,890 per staff in activity
Ratio of city inhabitants to staff (Dec 2002)
562 inhabitants per staff in activity
Ratio of connections to staff
104 connections per staff in activity