Restoring the Coastal Environment in Cartagena, Colombia

Cartagena, the historic city where the '1983 Cartagena convention for the Protection of the Caribbean' was signed, is meeting its responsibilities to protect the public health of its citizens as well as the costal marine environment through improved wastewater management. Cartagena's experience can serve as an inspiration to the wider Caribbean region and provide a model for other developing coastal cities. Water pollution control is a key issue for the world's coastal cities. Pollution emanating from domestic and industrial wastewater can not only contaminate the ocean environment but also damage highly productive estuaries and bays that provide a critical ecological connection to the marine environment. Inadequate wastewater management can also pollute urban beaches, potentially threatening public health and undermining tourism. This technical note summarizes Cartagena's experience in wastewater management for international dissemination and was jointly prepared by the World Bank, the Colombian Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development, the Cartagena water utility (ACUACAR), and the Global Partnership for the Oceans (GPO).

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	World Bank
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	AIR QUALITY, ASSIMILATIVE CAPACITY, BAY WATER QUALITY, BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND, BOD, CARBON, CIVIL SOCIETY, CLIMATE CHANGE, COASTAL AREAS, COASTAL BEACHES, COASTAL RESOURCES, COASTAL WATERS, COLIFORM BACTERIA, COLLECTION SYSTEM, CONSERVATION, CONSTRUCTION, CONTINUOUS MONITORING, CORAL REEFS, COST RECOVERY, DECISION MAKERS, DISCHARGE, DISPOSAL SYSTEM, DISSOLVED OXYGEN, DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, ECONOMIC PROBLEMS, ECOSYSTEM, EFFLUENT, EMISSION REDUCTION, ENVIRONMENTAL, ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH, ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES, ENVIRONMENTAL LAW, ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT, ENVIRONMENTAL OBJECTIVES, ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES, ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY, ENVIRONMENTS, ESTUARIES, EXPLOITATION, FISHERIES, FISHING, HEAVY METALS, HIGH LEVELS, HOUSEHOLDS, INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, INDUSTRIAL SECTOR, INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER, IRRIGATION MANAGEMENT, LAGOONS, LARGE CITIES, LOCAL STAKEHOLDERS, LOWER INCOMES, MAINTENANCE COSTS, MANGROVE, MARINE ENVIRONMENT, MONITORING PROGRAM, MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT, MUNICIPAL UTILITY, MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER, MUNICIPALITIES, NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, NATURAL RESOURCES, NITROGEN, NUTRIENTS, OIL, OIL SPILLS, PESTICIDES, PIPELINE, POLLUTION, POLLUTION CONTROL, POLLUTION LEVELS, POPULATION GROWTH, POTABLE WATER, PRIVATE PARTICIPATION, PROGRAMS, PROTECTED AREAS, PUBLIC HEALTH, PUMP STATION, QUALITY OF SERVICE, QUALITY STANDARDS, REGULATORY AGENCIES, REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS, REGULATORY SUPERVISION, RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, RIPARIAN, RIPARIAN AREAS, RIVERS, RURAL WATER, RURAL WATER SUPPLY, SAND, SANITATION SECTOR, SANITATION SERVICE, SANITATION SERVICES, SEA, SEAWATER, SEWERAGE SYSTEM, SMALL MUNICIPALITIES, STORMWATER, SUSPENDED SOLIDS, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, SUSTAINABLE USE, SUSTAINABLE WATER, URBAN WATER, URBAN WATER MANAGEMENT, UTILITY MANAGEMENT, UTILITY SERVICES, WASTEWATER, WASTEWATER COLLECTION, WASTEWATER DISPOSAL, WASTEWATER INFRASTRUCTURE, WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT, WASTEWATER SYSTEM, WASTEWATER TREATMENT, WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT, WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM, WATER ASSOCIATION, WATER BODY, WATER COMPANY, WATER POLLUTION, WATER POLLUTION CONTROL, WATER PRESSURE, WATER QUALITY, WATER QUALITY DATA, WATER QUALITY MONITORING, WATER QUALITY MONITORING PROGRAM, WATER RESOURCE, WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, WATER RESOURCES, WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT, WATER SECTOR, WATER SERVICE, WATER SERVICES, WATER SUPPLY, WATER SUPPLY SERVICE, WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM, WATER SYSTEM, WATER UTILITIES, WATER UTILITY, WATERS,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/01/19308017/restoring-coastal-environment-cartagena-colombia https://hdl.handle.net/10986/17827
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