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Institutional and Policy Analysis of River Basin Management : The Tárcoles River Basin, Costa Rica

This paper describes and analyzes the effort to institute river basin management in the Tárcoles basin of Costa Rica. Located in west-central Costa Rica, the Tárcoles basin represents 4.2 percent of the nation's total land area, but is home to half the nation's population and the metropoli...

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Main Authors: Blomquist, William, Ballestero, Maureen, Bhat, Anjali, Kemper, Karin
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
ADEQUATE WATER
AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITY
AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES
AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF
AGRICULTURAL WATER
AGRICULTURAL WATER USE
AQUEDUCTS
AQUIFERS
BASIN AREA
BASIN COMMISSION
BASIN PLANNING
BASIN WATER
BASIN WATER MANAGEMENT
CENTRAL AMERICAN
CHANNELS
CIVIL SOCIETY
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS
CONFLUENCE
CONSERVATION
CONSERVE WATER
CONTAMINANTS
CONTAMINATION
CONTAMINATION OF GROUNDWATER
CUT OFF
DAIRY FARMING
DRAINAGE
DRINKING WATER
DRY SEASON
ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL LAW
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
FARMERS
FERTILIZERS
FISHING
FLOODING
FLOODING PROBLEMS
FORESTRY
GRAVEL
GROUNDWATER
GROUNDWATER QUALITY
GROUNDWATER USE
HEAVY METALS
HYDROELECTRIC POWER
INDUSTRIAL USE
INDUSTRIAL WASTE
INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER
INDUSTRIAL WATER
INDUSTRIAL WATER USE
INTEGRATED WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
IRRIGATED AGRICULTURE
IRRIGATION
JURISDICTION
LAND USE
LATIN AMERICAN
MANAGING WATER RESOURCES
NATIONAL WATER LAW
NATIONAL WATER PLAN
NATIONAL WATER POLICY
NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
NATURAL RESOURCES
PERMITS
POTABLE WATER
PROGRAMS
PROTECTED AREAS
PUBLIC HEALTH
QUALITY WATER
RECHARGE
RESERVOIRS
RIVER BASIN
RIVER BASIN LEVEL
RIVER BASIN MANAGEMENT
RIVER BASINS
RIVER FLOW
RIVERS
SAND
SEPTIC SYSTEMS
SEPTIC TANKS
SEWAGE TREATMENT
SEWERAGE SYSTEMS
SOIL EROSION
SOILS
SOLID WASTE
SOLID WASTE COLLECTION
SPRINGS
STORMWATER
STREAM
STREAM CHANNELS
STREAMS
SURFACE WATER
SURFACE WATERS
SUSPENDED SOLIDS
WASTE DISCHARGES
WASTEWATER
WATER AVAILABILITY
WATER CHARGES
WATER DEMAND
WATER FLOWS
WATER LAW
WATER MANAGEMENT
WATER POLICIES
WATER POLICY
WATER POLLUTION
WATER PROVIDERS
WATER QUALITY
WATER QUALITY PROBLEMS
WATER RESOURCE
WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
WATER SCARCITY
WATER SUPPLY
WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS
WATER SYSTEMS
WATER TREATMENT
WATER TREATMENT FACILITIES
WATER USE SECTORS
WATER USES
WATERSHED
WELLS
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/05/5800558/institutional-policy-analysis-river-basin-management-tarcoles-river-basin-costa-rica
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8232

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/05/5800558/institutional-policy-analysis-river-basin-management-tarcoles-river-basin-costa-rica
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8232

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