Aplicações de conceitos da indústria 4.0 no processo de abastecimento de água potável no brasil

Abstract

The deficit to basic sanitation services is a recurrent problem to public management in Brazil. There is a great part of the population that doesn’t have access to drinking water supply networks, a right guaranteed by Brazilian law and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. In 2020, it was sanctioned the law Nº 14.026 of July 15, known as “Novo Marco Legal do Saneamento” that seeks, mainly, the universalization of the access to basic sanitation services, with the goal of 99% of the population having access the drinking water supply networks until 2033. To reach this goal, besides expanding the current water network, it is necessary to make it more efficient, increasing quality and avoiding water loss. This project identified that the current process lags behind global trends of industry 4.0; technologies that, if implemented, would help in the universalization of basic sanitation services by increasing the process efficiency an avoiding waste. This study also proposes ways of implementing concepts of the industry 4.0, like internet of things and big data, in the drinking water supply process in Brazil, exposing global trends listed in scientific articles and documents of institutions and government agencies.