The organizers of Rios bid understand that one of the advantages of bringing the Games to South America is that the Games will contribute to further and advance certain projects that are really needed in many areas. Environmental issues like these two, for example, would greatly benefit from the presence of the Olympic Movement, which would certainly speed up programs that are already underway in the city.
Aimed at a better quality of life for both the city and the whole State of Rio de Janeiro the Guanabara Bay Clean-up Program (PDBG) and the Sanitation Program of Barra da Tijuca, Recreio dos Bandeirantes e Jacarepaguá (PSBJ) prioritize long term actions targeting sanitation infrastructure works that will be added to significant social investments, comprising, in broad lines, population education and awareness building. Learn a bit more about them:
- Guanabara Bay Clean-Up Program (Programa de Despoluição da Baia de Guanabara) -PDBG
Launched in 1995, this project has already resulted in a 32% improvement of the sewage treatment system and, until 2010, more than 50% of all the sewage discharged in the Guanabara Bay will be treated.
- Sanitation Program of Barra da Tijuca, Recreio dos Bandeirantes and Jacarépaguá (Programa de Saneamento da Barra da Tijuca, Recreio dos Bandeirantes e Jacarepaguá) - PSBJ
Started in 2001, this program entails significant benefits to the whole West Zone of Rio de Janeiro. Today, the submarine emissary is already capable of processing 900 liters per second of treated sewage. This capacity should be multiplied by a factor of three until 2009, when 2.800 liters of sewage per second will be treated, serving the most densely populated areas in the Jacarepaguá Basin, including the three above-mentioned districts.
