The objective of this paper is to discuss the feasibility and the alternatives for the sub-national regulation of the basic sanitation in Brazil, as established one in the Law 11.445/2007. We analyze a sample of 2.523 municipalities from the data set of the National System for Information on Water Supply and Sewerage Services (SNIS) of 2005, assuming regulatory fees ranging between 1% and 3% of the concessionaire’s revenues. We concluded that local regulation was impracticable for 97% of the municipalities in the sample.
Regulation; public utilities; water supply and sewerage; Law nº 11.445/2007
