3 RESULTS
The work carried out by the São Paulo State Secretariat of Agriculture
to enforce the legislation, encompassed actions of erosion diagnosis and
correction, at agricultural properties located at Rio do Peixe
watershed, (sections Vera Cruz, Ocauçu and Marília), which correspond to
53 thousand hectares. It is an honourable work that looks after the
well-being of society and benefits the farmers of the Rio do Peixe
watershed, and the entire local community, who have benefited from its
development, namely through the improvement of the quality of the water
that supplies the cities, mainly Marília (216,684 inhabitants) and
Presidente Prudente (227,072 inhabitants), which collect water from Rio
do Peixe for public supply.