Potabilidade: legislação da água para consumo humano – um panorama Brasil e EUA

Abstract

The lack of dissemination and clarification to the whole population in a more clear and objective way, regarding the laws of water treated for human consumption in Brazil, justifies a better improvement on the subject in question. Thus, this article aimed to compare Brazilian legislation for drinking water management, especially the current Brazilian Drinking Water Ordinance, and its interfaces with the laws of the United States of America. It was also carried out a survey of the parameters and limits existing in the legislation and verification of the performance and control of the supervisory bodies of these countries. The methodology used involved exploratory and bibliographic research, based on a hypothesis. The conclusions of this study demonstrated the hypothesis that Brazilian legislation for water management, especially Portaria 2.914/2011, has a significant influence of the US drinking water legislation. It was also concluded that, Brazilian legislation has more restrictive limits than the US. Finally, there was evidence that there is transparency and easy access to analytical reports on the quality of drinking water for American consumers; While in Brazil there is no such clarification to the population, making it dependent on inspection by Sanitary Surveillance Agencies for drinking water supply companies.