{"id":77722,"date":"2024-03-22T16:22:10","date_gmt":"2024-03-22T19:22:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/?p=77722"},"modified":"2024-12-04T17:13:00","modified_gmt":"2024-12-04T20:13:00","slug":"world-water-day-2024-rios-favelas-report-worsening-of-service-since-privatization-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/?p=77722","title":{"rendered":"World Water Day 2024: Rio&#8217;s Favelas Report Worsening of Service Since Privatization [VIDEO]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TC5cLlFPC-A?si=FMwpkap4Q0IZ4zpI\" width=\"1030\" height=\"563\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3VpfXmM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>Clique aqui para Portugu\u00eas<\/i><\/span><span class=\"s2\"><i><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"><em><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-23766\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/PT-e1439583827971.png\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" \/><\/em><\/span><\/i><\/span><\/a><\/h4>\n<h4>On this <a href=\"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/?tag=world-water-day\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">World Water Day<\/a>, March 22, 2024, this <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/TC5cLlFPC-A?si=t4CT0D7LeG--ZB3Z\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">video-report<\/a> with English subtitles brings testimonials from residents of various communities, showing that access to and the quality of water have been deteriorating among Rio&#8217;s favelas since the <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3ipY2Fs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">privatization<\/a> of CEDAE and under the responsibility of private utility \u00c1guas do Rio. These are some of the many complaints that <em>RioOnWatch<\/em> has received and accompanied in various favelas across Rio de Janeiro over the past two years.<\/h4>\n<p>This video-report brings images from the latest local data launch from the <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/FavelaEnergyJusticeReport\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a> \u201cWater and Energy Justice in the Favelas: Community Researchers Gather Data Revealing Inequalities and Calling for Action,\u201d covering 15 favelas across Rio de Janeiro, held at <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/2SIfb3o\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Galeria Provid\u00eancia<\/a>, and from the seminar \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/43qgS8x\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Access to Water in the State of Rio de Janeiro: Struggles and Experiences Against Commercialization<\/a>.\u201d On both occasions, residents denounced the worsening water supply following the privatization of <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/2zkYdO8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CEDAE<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;When the process of potentially privatizing CEDAE started and \u00c1guas do Rio took over, I believe they did a fast food job to be able to claim that several communities were benefiting. They didn&#8217;t consult the residents, they made an agreement amongst themselves and started a top-down implementation.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Joao-Victor-Teodoro-resident-of-the-Pavao-Pavaozinho-and-Cantagalo-Complex-Photo-Print-from-Video.png\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-77724 size-full\" title=\"Jo\u00e3o Victor Teodoro, a resident of the Pav\u00e3o-Pav\u00e3ozinho and Cantagalo favela Complex. Photo: Screen capture from the video\" src=\"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Joao-Victor-Teodoro-resident-of-the-Pavao-Pavaozinho-and-Cantagalo-Complex-Photo-Print-from-Video.png\" alt=\"Jo\u00e3o Victor Teodoro, a resident of the Pav\u00e3o-Pav\u00e3ozinho and Cantagalo favela Complex. Photo: Screen capture from the video\" width=\"1366\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Joao-Victor-Teodoro-resident-of-the-Pavao-Pavaozinho-and-Cantagalo-Complex-Photo-Print-from-Video.png 1366w, https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Joao-Victor-Teodoro-resident-of-the-Pavao-Pavaozinho-and-Cantagalo-Complex-Photo-Print-from-Video-620x349.png 620w, https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Joao-Victor-Teodoro-resident-of-the-Pavao-Pavaozinho-and-Cantagalo-Complex-Photo-Print-from-Video-1119x629.png 1119w, https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Joao-Victor-Teodoro-resident-of-the-Pavao-Pavaozinho-and-Cantagalo-Complex-Photo-Print-from-Video-768x432.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1366px) 100vw, 1366px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;For us to have access to water, people wake up at dawn to fill up every vessel. Then we get our children ready to go to school. There&#8217;s also no water at the school, on top of not having classes for our children. So, you have to find someone to take care of the children, so you can search for or go to work and do your daily errands. After the new company entered the market, we no longer have water, at least not on my street and at my daughters&#8217; school&#8230; I work in the South Zone, I am a cleaner in the South Zone. It&#8217;s funny, all the time I wash and iron without problems in the South Zone. I want to know: why are the people from the South Zone better than me, living on Livramento? And the people who live in the Pav\u00e3o-Pav\u00e3ozinho\/Cantagalo favela complex? \u00c1guas do Rio doesn&#8217;t knock on their doors to find out how many people live there, to charge them. And then, I, Let\u00edcia, don&#8217;t have any water. Why? Am I worse than them? Don&#8217;t I have a right to water? The problem is not [paying] the water meter. I have five girls, I&#8217;m a single mother. If they put a water meter at my house, and I had water all day long, I wouldn&#8217;t mind paying a fair price&#8230; It just feels like we&#8217;re asking for a favor, while I see the situation in the South Zone, where everyone has water. And me, waking up at dawn to get water. It&#8217;s neglect, you know?&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Leticia-da-Silva-from-Livramento-in-Providencia-talks-about-the-routine-of-water-shortages-at-home-and-at-her-childrens-school-Photo-videoprint.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-77725 size-full\" title=\"Leticia da Silva, resident of Livramento in Providencia, talks about the routine of water shortages at home and at her children's school. Photo: Screen capture from the video \" src=\"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Leticia-da-Silva-from-Livramento-in-Providencia-talks-about-the-routine-of-water-shortages-at-home-and-at-her-childrens-school-Photo-videoprint.png\" alt=\"Leticia da Silva, resident of Livramento in Providencia, talks about the routine of water shortages at home and at her children's school. Photo: Screen capture from the video \" width=\"1366\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Leticia-da-Silva-from-Livramento-in-Providencia-talks-about-the-routine-of-water-shortages-at-home-and-at-her-childrens-school-Photo-videoprint.png 1366w, https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Leticia-da-Silva-from-Livramento-in-Providencia-talks-about-the-routine-of-water-shortages-at-home-and-at-her-childrens-school-Photo-videoprint-620x349.png 620w, https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Leticia-da-Silva-from-Livramento-in-Providencia-talks-about-the-routine-of-water-shortages-at-home-and-at-her-childrens-school-Photo-videoprint-1119x629.png 1119w, https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Leticia-da-Silva-from-Livramento-in-Providencia-talks-about-the-routine-of-water-shortages-at-home-and-at-her-childrens-school-Photo-videoprint-768x432.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1366px) 100vw, 1366px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;There was a time when the water was very bad. It was giving us stomach aches. The water was a brownish, murky, clay-like color and with an unbearable smell. So much that to this day, at home, we buy mineral water to drink. Because you can&#8217;t drink water like that.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Maria-Oliveira-speaks-about-the-poor-quality-of-the-little-water-that-reaches-the-tap-in-her-home-Photo-screen-capture-from-video.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-77726 size-full\" title=\"Maria Oliveira speaks about the poor quality of the little water that reaches the tap at her home. Photo: Screen capture from the video\" src=\"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Maria-Oliveira-speaks-about-the-poor-quality-of-the-little-water-that-reaches-the-tap-in-her-home-Photo-screen-capture-from-video.png\" alt=\"Maria Oliveira speaks about the poor quality of the little water that reaches the tap at her home. Photo: Screen capture from the video\" width=\"1366\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Maria-Oliveira-speaks-about-the-poor-quality-of-the-little-water-that-reaches-the-tap-in-her-home-Photo-screen-capture-from-video.png 1366w, https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Maria-Oliveira-speaks-about-the-poor-quality-of-the-little-water-that-reaches-the-tap-in-her-home-Photo-screen-capture-from-video-620x349.png 620w, https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Maria-Oliveira-speaks-about-the-poor-quality-of-the-little-water-that-reaches-the-tap-in-her-home-Photo-screen-capture-from-video-1119x629.png 1119w, https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Maria-Oliveira-speaks-about-the-poor-quality-of-the-little-water-that-reaches-the-tap-in-her-home-Photo-screen-capture-from-video-768x432.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1366px) 100vw, 1366px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Residents highlight that many of the advancements in the favelas regarding water were built by their own hands.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;We are not even permitted access to water. And if there is water, it&#8217;s because there is community organizing: &#8216;We break the ground, we lay pipes and we make the water arrive.&#8217; And it&#8217;s thanks to these efforts that we have water, we have electricity, we have roads.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3>Watch the Video-Report <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/TC5cLlFPC-A?si=t4CT0D7LeG--ZB3Z\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Here<\/a> (with English subtitles).<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_77727\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-77727\" style=\"width: 1366px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Mikael-Angelo-and-Bruno-Tavares-led-a-reflective-activity-on-Water-and-Energy-Justice-during-the-data-release-event-at-Galeria-Providencia-Photo-Screen-capture-from-the-video.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-77727 size-full\" title=\"Mikael Angelo and Bruno Tavares led a reflective activity on Water and Energy Justice during the data release event at Galeria Providencia. Photo: Screen capture from the video \" src=\"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Mikael-Angelo-and-Bruno-Tavares-led-a-reflective-activity-on-Water-and-Energy-Justice-during-the-data-release-event-at-Galeria-Providencia-Photo-Screen-capture-from-the-video.png\" alt=\"Mikael Angelo and Bruno Tavares led a reflective activity on Water and Energy Justice during the data release event at Galeria Providencia. Photo: Screen capture from the video \" width=\"1366\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Mikael-Angelo-and-Bruno-Tavares-led-a-reflective-activity-on-Water-and-Energy-Justice-during-the-data-release-event-at-Galeria-Providencia-Photo-Screen-capture-from-the-video.png 1366w, https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Mikael-Angelo-and-Bruno-Tavares-led-a-reflective-activity-on-Water-and-Energy-Justice-during-the-data-release-event-at-Galeria-Providencia-Photo-Screen-capture-from-the-video-620x349.png 620w, https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Mikael-Angelo-and-Bruno-Tavares-led-a-reflective-activity-on-Water-and-Energy-Justice-during-the-data-release-event-at-Galeria-Providencia-Photo-Screen-capture-from-the-video-1119x629.png 1119w, 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