Gestão de ativos em prestador de serviço de água e esgoto: diagnóstico situacional e plano de adequação à norma

Abstract

In order for water and sewage service providers to be economically sustainable, a more efficient management of their resources and costs involved in the implementation and operation of their systems is necessary, thus, the Asset Management methodology emerges as a great help for these companies. The present work had as its main objective to perform a situational diagnosis of the Companhia de Águas e Esgoto do Rio Grande do Norte (CAERN) regarding the policies and strategies of asset management in relation to ABNT NBR ISO 55001 and the elaboration of an action plan for the framing of the Company before the standard based on ABNT NBR ISO 55002 methodology. The chosen company holds the concession for public services of water supply and sanitary sewage in most cities of Rio Grande do Norte, serving about 60% of the state's population. The diagnosis was made by video call with three employees of CAERN, these people belong to the sectors of Assets Management, Management of Large Pipelines and Maintenance Management. Regarding the action plan, it was prepared with all the macro activities that CAERN needs to be adequate to the asset management standards, contemplating the 7 (seven) guiding principles of the ABNT NBR ISO 55002 Standard. It was possible to evaluate CAERN's low maturity regarding the asset management system, although the Company has in its annual balance sheet currently accounted for fixed assets. Thus, it was possible to elaborate a detailed action plan to achieve the requirements of the standard with the proper points of attention for the Company given its current scenario.