Avaliação de políticas públicas de saneamento: o caso do Programa Minas Trata Esgoto Evaluation of sanitation public policies: the case of "Minas Trata Esgoto" Program

In 2006, when approximately 97% of 853 Municipalities of Minas Gerais discharged their raw sewage in the rivers was published Normative Resolution COPAM no 96/2006 on the implementation of systems of sewage treatment involving all Municipalities. Also in 2006 was implemented the program entitled Minas Treat Sewage Program (MTSP) in order to accomplish strategic management by monitoring the increase of the percentage of treated sewage in the Minas Gerais State through licensing environmental processes of wastewater treatment plants. This monitoring process has certain weaknesses, and in order to reduce them the program conducts a survey in each watershed to assess the real situation of sewerage in the municipalities and to reduce weaknesses. The present work is an ex-post evaluation from the beginning of the program until 2012 considering the public policy cycle. On the other hand, the implementation of the program took place without consideration of some important systemic conditions related to the achievement their objectives. In fact, from 2006 to 2013 through the MTSP the state of Minas Gerais increased in terms of the universalization sewerage