A nova centralidade da água e do saneamento pós-COVID-19

• Autor(a) principal: Melo, Marília Carvalho de
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Outros Autores: Santos, Ana Silvia Pereira, Vieira, J. M. P.
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/1822/70766
• topic: Epidemiology; Reuse; Sanitation; Water; Água; Saneamento; COVID-19; Epidemiologia; Reuso; Engenharia e Tecnologia::Engenharia Civil

COVID-19, known for severe acute respiratory syndrome caused by coronavírus SARS-Cov-2 is characterized by its rapid spread. The pandemic culminated in a social isolation creating significant impacts on the economy and it has taken attention to the key aspects of water, sanitation and hygiene and the identification of the coronavírus presence in wastewater. The purpose of this article is to explain some of the aspects associated with the centrality of the water and sanitation binomial that may prove to be decisive for recovering the world economy in the post COVID-19 period, through the presentation and evaluation of statistics and scientific studies, namely:: 1) human right to water and sanitation, for guarantee life quality, productive capacity and public health, but with a challenge, especially for economically vulnerable countries; 2) relationship with the epidemiology and occurrence of the coronavírus in the sewage, drawing the attention of the scientific community, society and decision makers, even though there is still no scientific evidence of its fecal-oral transmission; 3) the relationship between water and the economy, considering it a basic resource for industrial and agricultural production and job creation. The construction of the concept ?new centrality of water and sanitation? can be considered as a key factor for the economy recovery post-COVID-19.