Manuel Gouveia Pereira Secretary of the General Meeting

Manuel Gouveia Pereira, managing associate specialised in Environmental law, saw his tenure as Secretary of the General Meeting of Águas de Portugal SGPS, SA (AdP) renewed for the period from 2015 to 2017, having been elected for these functions for the first time in 2008.

AdP is a holding company, owned 100% by the State which, through its subsidiaries, has the mission to design, construct, operate and manage Water Supply Systems, Sanitation and Wastewater Treatment and Recovery Waste Urban and Industrial Solid, an economic sustainability framework, financial, technical, social and environmental.

In progress is the reorganization of the water sector, which recently led to the publication of three decrees (92/2015, 93/2015 and 94/2015) with the addition of several existing multi-municipal systems, creating Águas do Norte, S.A., Águas do Centro Litoral and Águas de Lisboa e Vale do Tejo, S.A.