CONCESSION: Jequitaí Hydro-Agricultural Project (MG)

Description: The Jequitaí Hydro-Agricultural Project (MG) consists of the implementation of two multi-use dams on the Jequitaí River, in the region of the municipalities of Francisco Dumont, Claro dos Poções and Jequitaí, in the north of Minas Gerais. The two dams will store 673Mm³ of water, in an area of 9,000 hectares. In addition, it includes systems that allow the irrigation of areas, the regularization of the flow of the São Francisco River, the reserve of water for supply in 19 municipalities and the generation of around 20 MW of energy, among other benefits. The project area is 23,700 hectares: 1,800 hectares of Permanent Preservation Area; 4,500 hectares of Legal Reserve Area and 17,400 hectares of useful area, of which 10,200 are irrigable. The estimate is that, once completed, the Jequitaí Hydro-Agricultural Project will produce 350,000 tons of food per year and support around 100,000 direct and indirect jobs. The project is expected to receive investments of 1.5bn reais during the 35-year concession.