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Mobile Water Treatment Unit (UMTA)
Drinking water
#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

Civil Defense and the Health Departments of the states and municipalities through the State Disaster Response Groups (GRD) that work in disasters and in the Risk Management of the states and municipalities.

Target audience

Populations affected by disasters (natural or anthropogenic).
 

Geographic coverage

8 UMTA with a maximum flow of 12m³.h-¹.

UMTA is capable of producing safe, drinkable water using raw water sources, mainly from springs and groundwater, whose turbidity indicator does not exceed 40 NTU (Nephelometric Turbidity Unit), and with a flow rate of 18 cubic meters every two hours in batches, which can supply around 2 thousand people a day.
 

Implementation strategies

UMTA is used within a more comprehensive action plan, usually implemented in situations of water disasters. In these situations, as a rule, several measures are adopted, in addition to the use of the UMTA. Therefore, there are no specific reports containing the UMTA's performance results.

Diffusion strategies

Funasa's Disaster Management Committee (CGD) is composed with a deliberative and decision-making role. Its purpose is to define the guidelines and strategies for implementing the plan, as well as coordinating the planning and execution of actions with the involved bodies.

CGD is composed of the boards of the Departments of Environmental Health, Public Health Engineering, Administration, as well as the State Superintendents of Funasa.

The formation of State Disaster Response Groups (GRD, acronym in Portuguese) is advised and that they seek to be part of the Municipal and State Crisis Management Committees, as well as the Emergency and Contingency Plans, so that they can participate in the work strategies and be aware of the mechanisms used. It is also proposed that GRDs be partners with local agencies and entities that act in disasters, participating in training on Disasters and Risk Management that are offered in the state, working in partnership with the Municipal Surveillance to legitimize the action.
 

Monitoring strategies

The average maintenance cost per year of an UMTA depends on the number of times that the UMTA needs maintenance, and can be preventive, when there is a maintenance schedule, and/or corrective, which occurs during or after the use of the UMTA in a support action in situations of natural and/or anthropogenic disasters.

Financing mechanisms

Federal Government Resource – Funasa.
The implementation amount of an UMTA is approximately R$ 950,000.00 (acquisition).

Relação com os Objetivos de Desenvolvimento Sustentável (ODS)
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Additional information

Link to access the manual: 

Link to Funasa's Disaster Action Plan: 
 

Duas Unidades Móveis de Tratamento de Água

Image: Mobile Water Treatment Unit, Manaus-AM. Source: Funasa, 2018.