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General Water
Brazil’s major player in water resources management services for
the private and public sector, with 20 years of expertise in onsite
wastewater treatment systems, water recycling systems and
water treatment and supply. Currently, GW has over 140 operating
contracts, with local and multinational companies within Brazil.
GW is part of the portfolio of Lightrock, a global private equity
platform investing in sustainable businesses backed by the
Princely House of Liechtenstein and LGT, the international private
banking and asset management group.

Raw sewage in one hand, drinking
quality recycled water in the other.

example of what General Water can do. This The water that is produced using sludge generated by our facilities were
facility, located in the heart of São Paulo, one wastewater as its input is of the highest transformed into compost.
of the most densely populated areas of the quality possible, even surpassing Brazil´s
world, has been fully operational since 2018. drinking water standards. This newfound Extracting so many precious resources
resource supplies all the non-potable uses, from sewage was unimaginable 15 years
This was only accomplished with a constant such as toilet flushing, into water for air ago and we are proud to be part of this
desire to innovate and with the use of the conditioning systems and irrigation. revolution. But we also know this is only
most advanced technologies available in the beginning and there is much more that
the world, like ultrafiltration and reverse And then there is the sludge, the only by- needs to be done.
osmosis membranes. Everything is done product of the wastewater treatment. After
on site, which means that we build and being dewatered on site, it is transported That´s what keeps us motivated and striving
operate our plants in the area of our clients: to a facility where it is neutralized and to expand our contribution even further.
industrial plants, hospitals, universities, transformed into compost, to be used as
commercial and residential complexes and fertilizer in orange and coffee crops. By the
shopping malls. end of 2020, more than 500 tons of www.generalwater.com.br

1. Plano de Bacia Hidrográfica do Alto Tietê - UGRHI 06 (http://www.sigrh.sp.gov.br/public/uploads/
documents/CBH-AT/11958/relatorio-i_plano_final-rev2.pdf)
2. The World Bank - Renewable internal freshwater resources per capita (cubic meters) (https://data.
worldbank.org/indicator/ER.H2O.INTR.PC)
3. https://www.un.org/waterforlifedecade/scarcity.shtml
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