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Round table discussion. From left to right: Nilo Ovídio Passos, Dr. Julianelli, Luiz Paulo da Rocha, Sebastião Soares, José Stelberto Soares, Paulo Ramos, and Sérgio Ricardo Verde. Photo by Fernando Alvim
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Rio Engineers and Representatives Criticize Water Utility Privatization at Roundtable on World Water Day

By Lisa Godde • March 26, 2017

Clique aqui para Português Wednesday, March 22 marked World Water Day. With the support of the Engineers and Architects Society of the State of Rio de Janeiro (SEAERJ) and NGO Baía Viva, the Engineering Club took […]

#HousingWatch

‘X-Week’ Debates Small vs. Large Scale Sustainable Infrastructure for Water and Sewage

By Lisa Godde • March 19, 2017

Clique aqui para Português From March 9 to 14, Studio-X Rio hosted x-Week as part of the celebrations of its six-year anniversary. Organized in partnership with the Columbia Global Centers, which celebrates its four-year anniversary, the Museum […]

Many homes in Rocinha don't have formal connections to the sewerage network.
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The Privatization of Water and What May Change in the Life of Favela Residents

By Michel Silva • Translation by Adam Lee • February 26, 2017

Clique aqui para Português For the original article by Michel Silva in Portuguese published in Fala Roça click here. The law to privatize the State Water and Sewage Utility (CEDAE) was approved in a plenary of Rio’s Legislative Assembly […]

#HousingWatch

The Future of Urban Policy: The UN’s New Urban Agenda

By David Robertson • October 9, 2016

Clique aqui para Português The New Urban Agenda is responsible for establishing the policy frameworks that will guide the governance of the world’s cities for the coming 20 years. From October 17-20, 2016, the United Nations, […]

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Meet the NGO with the Key to Cleaning the Famed Guanabara Bay [IMAGES]

By Christopher Peel • August 22, 2016

Clique aqui para Português On the northern edge of Nova Iguaçu in the Baixada Fluminense lies the district of Tinguá, home to roughly 5,000 people, waterways that flow into Guanabara Bay, and the start of the Tinguá […]

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