2025-07-072025-07-072024https://repositorio.ifal.edu.br/handle/123456789/1037This article aims to highlight the importance of basic sanitation in Brazil, addressing the impact of Brazilian legislation and public policies related to water and sewage treatment. The absence of urban planning and the disorder of population growth cause an increase in demand for water resources, and as a consequence, the production of effluents and pollution of water courses. The study exposes the performance of Brazilian legislation over the last decades until the New Sanitation Legal Framework (Law nº 14,026/2020). It is evident that, although the coverage area for achieving universal basic sanitation in the country has grown, the inefptSaneamentoLegislação brasileiraPurificação da ÁguaEsgotamento sanitárioSaúde Pública.Trabalho de Conclusão de CursoENGENHARIAS::ENGENHARIA SANITARIA::SANEAMENTO BASICO