Competência para a prestação dos serviços de saneamento: uma análise do caso da região metropolitana da Grande Vitória

Abstract

The present work addresses the importance of sanitation services to the healthy quality of life of the population, guaranteed by the constitution, as well as the ecological balance of the place under study. It focuses on the discussion of ownership of the basic sanitation service in Metropolitan Regions, and how this discussion takes place in the Metropolitan Region of Greater Vitória. For this purpose, the constitutional principles of Environmental Law, the principles of the National Sanitation Guidelines Law, the constitutional provisions related to the competence of the basic sanitation service, as well as doctrinal understandings and dominant jurisprudence are taught. Finally, the Integrated Urban Development Plan of the Metropolitan Region of Greater Vitória is analyzed, with the purpose of identifying the national legislation and the positions studied in the locality.