Banca de DEFESA: MARISTELLA MANFER DUTRA DO PRADO

STUDY OF THE EVOLUTION OF INVESTMENTS IN FUNDING AND DISTRIBUTION OF POTABLE WATER SUPPLIED TO HOUSEHOLDS BY COMPANHIA DE WATER AND SEWAGE OF RORAIMA – CAER, IN THE CAPITAL OF RORAIMA IN THE YEARS 2015, 2018 AND 2021

Basic Sanitation – Potable Water Supply – Financial Statements

Undoubtedly water is a precious asset above all indispensable to human life, and due
to its probable scarcity, arising from the deterioration of water sources with the
degradation of the environment by human actions, the supply of drinking water to the
population has configured as main themes, taking into account the inequality of access
to this essential service, where there must be indiscriminate universalization. Access
to water involves the revitalization of watersheds, as well as the concern for conscious
use, understanding that it is a finite asset. The analysis of the supply of drinking water
will contextualize from the structures that imply the supply to the user, as well as the
evidence of the economic and financial balance of the concessionary company of the
service, coming from the management systems. Based on the assumption, this
research demonstrates the current scenario of drinking water supply in the city of Boa
Vista-RR, carried out by Companhia de Águas e Esgotos de Roraima-CAER,
solidifying quantitative information on water distribution and evaluating the economic
and financial conditions , in the time period involving the years 2015, 2018 and 2021,
in order to understand how service provision evolved, punctuating the efficiencies and
deficiencies of the system. First, a survey was carried out of the Water Reservation
and Distribution Centers - CRD's and tubular wells for underground water collection in
the city of Boa Vista, clarifying the Zoning mapping into which the supply of drinking
water is divided and the scope of the neighborhoods that comprise it. this zoning,
through on-site information carried out at the company itself. Then, a survey was made
of the quantities of active connections, consumption, population served, and other
data, along with the SNIS, Official Gazettes of the State of Roraima and in the
company's registration system, for the years studied. Finally, the financial statements
were analyzed, such as the Balance Sheet, Statements of Changes in Shareholders'
Equity, Liquidity and Solvency Ratios, where it was found that strong managerial
actions are necessary to support the Company's economic and financial weaknesses,
to guarantee perpetuity.