Skip to main content
Home Sanitation Improvements (MSD)
Drinking water
+1
#2
Structural Actions
11/11
Criteria:
Geographic coverage:

Description

Criteria 11/11

  • ACCESSIBILITY
  • ALIGNMENT WITH SDG 1,3,4,6 AND/OR 11
  • RACE AND GENDER ISSUES
  • ATTENTION TO CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS
  • LOW COST
  • SOCIAL DIFFUSION
  • ADMINISTRATIVE EFFICIENCY
  • ADHERENCE AND CONTINUITY AT LOCAL LEVEL
  • WASH INITIATIVE
  • CLIMATE RESILIENCE
  • SUSTAINABILITY
Intersectoral aspects

City halls
SISAR
Non-governmental institutions

Target audience

Rural and urban communities (small towns) or Traditional Communities (quilombo remnants).

Geographic coverage

Data for the last 4 years:

2021 - 149 projects in 141 municipalities
2020 - 292 projects in 233 municipalities served
2019 - project always in 454 municipalities 
2018 - 138 projects in 133 municipalities

Implementation strategies

The resources made available to the MSD facilities must be requested by sending a proposal to Funasa in accordance with the guidelines made available by the Institution. The items that can be used to obtain funds are: 
Potable water supply: 
- Home/ intradomiciliary water connection; 
- Water well (shallow); 
- Catchment system;
- Rainwater storage (cisterns);
- Reservoirs.

Sanitation utensils: 
- Sanitation set
- Kitchen sink
- Clothes washing tank
- Domestic filter
- Solid waste container (bins)

Destination of the wastewater:
- Septic tank/biological filter
- Leaching field
- Filtration and/or infiltration ditch
- Water harvesting system
- Intradomiciliary sewage connection

For the selection of the proposal, there are the eligibility and priority criteria, namely:
Eligibility:
- Proposal that benefits a municipality that has a population of up to 50 thousand inhabitants;
- Proposal that has attached the MSD Needs Assessment Form (LENE, acronym in Portuguese) to the consultation letter

Priority:
1. Municipalities with the highest Aedes aegypti Infestation Index (LIRA a, 2015) prepared by the Ministry of Health;
2. Municipalities with the largest deficit of toilets; (PNAD 2010)
3. Municipalities with the highest number of private households with income of up to three monthly minimum wages (IBGE - 2010);
4. Municipalities with the lowest Municipal Human Development Index - HDI-M in the PNUD database (2010); and
5. Municipalities that have a Municipal Basic Sanitation Plan or are in the process of being prepared in partnership with Funasa or with their own resources.

 

Diffusion strategies

The institution provides manuals and model structures on its website to guide service requests, including a document titled "Manual of Technical Guidelines for the Preparation of Proposals for the Home Health Improvement Program."
Website: http://www.funasa.gov.br/melhorias-sanitarias-domiciliares

Financing mechanisms

Federal Government Resource: non-onerous funds transfer program - Funasa

Annual budget allocation in the last 4 years for this action:
2021 - R$ 60,000,000.00 
2020 - R$ 109,089,560.00
2019 - R$ 110,000,000.00
2018 - R$ 55,080,000.00

Relação com os Objetivos de Desenvolvimento Sustentável (ODS)
ods
ods
ods
ods
ods
Additional information
Conjunto Sanitário instalado em residência em Nova Porteirinha

Imagem : Sanitation set installed in residence in Nova Porteirinha, MG. Source: City Hall of Nova Porteirinha – MG, 2019