Sabesp

Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo S.A (Sabesp)

Type	Sociedade Anônima
Traded as	BM&F Bovespa:SBSP3 NYSE: SBS
Industry	Water industry
Founded	1973
Headquarters	São Paulo, Brazil
Key people	Dilma Pena, CEO
Products	Water Waste services
Revenue	US$ 5.8 Billion (2010) [1]
Net income	US$ 1.0 Billion (2010) [2]
Employees	16.100
Website	www.sabesp.com.br

Sabesp (BM&F Bovespa:SBSP3 / NYSE: SBS) is a Brazilian state owned utility that provides water and sewage services to residential, commercial and industrial use in the São Paulo and in 364 of the 645 municipalities in São Paulo State, Brazil. It provides water to 26.7 million customers, or 60% of the population of the state.^[3]

It provides basic sanitation services, which include all phases (abstraction, treatment, processing, distribution) and the collection, treatment and reuse of sewage.

The São Paulo Metropolitan Region and the Regional Systems accounted for 74.5% and 25.5% of the sales and services rendered during the year ended December 31, 2004 respectively.

Sabesp also supplies water on a bulk basis to municipalities in the São Paulo Metropolitan Area, in which it does not operate water systems to local operators.

References

1. ^ http://exame.abril.com.br/negocios/empresas/noticias/lucro-da-sabesp-sobe-12-7-no-4o-tri-para-r-574-9-mi Sabesp's 2010 revenues jumps 7.6% to R$9.2/US$5.8 Billion
2. ^ http://exame.abril.com.br/negocios/empresas/noticias/lucro-da-sabesp-sobe-12-7-no-4o-tri-para-r-574-9-mi The Sabesp's 2010 net income ended fiscal year increase 8.1%$ to R$1.6 Billion/US$957.8 Million
3. ^ SABESP Numbers

External links

• (Portuguese) Official Home Page

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