Environmental Management in Bolivia : Innovations and Opportunities

Pollution management is at the top of the development agenda of Bolivia, and this program helps address it in a cross-sectoral manner. In the context of the implementation of the program environmental management in Bolivia: innovations and opportunities which was conducted from September 2010 until October 2012, the World Bank has implemented a technical assistance program and supported a multisectoral analysis in order to help the Bolivian government improve environmental management in four specific areas: (a) water resource pollution by mining and mitigation of the pollution; (b) evaluation of potential wastewater reuse in agriculture with case studies from Cochabamba and Tarija; (c) improvement of waste management; and (d) evaluation of health benefits through adequate water supply and basic sanitation. The program s overall objective is to help strengthen environmental management in critical areas of the pollution management agenda. This report summarizes the outcomes of the pillar of the program on analytical services and is divided into five chapters: (1) improved water supply, sanitation, and hygiene: health impacts; (2) innovation in solid waste management: options for the future; (3) reuse of wastewater to mitigate water scarcity: case studies in Cochabamba and Tarija; (4) cooperative gold mining: dynamics and challenges in a rapidly growing sector; and (5) mining and water: the benefits of integrated water resource management at the watershed level. In every instance, the focus has been on identifying the windows of opportunity for policy action and investment in what is an often complex social and economic setting. The findings and recommendations carried out as part of the program have been consulted upon with a broad range of stakeholders in Bolivia through the series of workshops on each of the topics, and the recommendations presented in this report are limited to a range of options that are feasible and yet innovative in the current context, hence the reference in the title of this report to innovations and opportunities.

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Main Author:	World Bank
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2013-06
Subjects:	ACCESS TO SAFE WATER, ACCESS TO WATER SUPPLY, ADEQUATE SANITATION, ADEQUATE WATER, ADEQUATE WATER SUPPLY, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, AGRICULTURAL USES, AIR POLLUTION, ARABLE LAND, BASIC SANITATION, BASIC WATER SUPPLY, BASINS, BENEFIT ANALYSIS, BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND, BOD, BOREHOLES, BROAD RANGE, CATCHMENT, CHILD HEALTH, CHILD MORTALITY, CHILD MORTALITY RATE, CHLORINATING, CLEAN TECHNOLOGY, CLIMATE CHANGE, COD, COMPOSTING, COMPOSTING TOILETS, CONSUMPTION PATTERNS, CROP IRRIGATION, CUBIC METERS, DEFORESTATION, DISINFECTION, DOMESTIC WASTEWATER, DRAINAGE, DRAINAGE NETWORK, DRINKING WATER, DRINKING WATER SUPPLY, ECOLOGICAL CONDITIONS, ECONOMETRIC ESTIMATES, ECONOMETRICS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, EFFLUENTS, ENERGY RESOURCES, ENVIRONMENTAL, ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS, ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS, ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION, ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES, ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT, ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY, ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS, ENVIRONMENTS, EXCRETA, EXCRETA DISPOSAL, EXPENDITURES, EXTERNALITIES, FERTILIZERS, FILTERS, FLUSH TOILETS, GARBAGE, GOLD MINING, HEAVY METALS, HOUSEHOLD CONNECTION, HOUSEHOLDS, INTEGRATED SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT, INVESTMENT PROGRAM, IRRIGATION, LAND USE, LOCAL STAKEHOLDERS, MERCURY, MERCURY POLLUTION, MINES, MINING OPERATIONS, MORTALITY RATE, MORTALITY RATES, MUNICIPALITIES, NATURAL RESOURCES, NUTRIENTS, OPERATIONAL COSTS, OPERATIONAL MANAGEMENT, OXYGEN, PATHOGENS, PIT LATRINES, POLICY MAKERS, POLLUTION, POND, POPULATION DENSITY, POPULATION DISTRIBUTION, POPULATION GROWTH, POTABLE WATER, POTABLE WATER SUPPLY, PRESENT VALUE, PRODUCERS, PRODUCTION PATTERNS, PRODUCTION PROCESS, PROTECTED AREAS, PROTECTED SPRINGS, QUALITY OF WATER, QUALITY WATER, RAINWATER, RESERVOIRS, RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, RISK MANAGEMENT, RIVER CATCHMENTS, RIVERS, RUNOFF, SANITARY LANDFILLS, SANITATION FACILITIES, SANITATION SECTOR, SANITATION SERVICE, SANITATION SERVICES, SANITATION WATER, SANITATION WATER SUPPLY, SEDIMENTATION, SEPTIC TANK, SEPTIC TANKS, SERVICE DELIVERY, SERVICE FEE, SERVICE PROVISION, SERVICE QUALITY, SEWERAGE, SEWERAGE SERVICES, SMALL TOWNS, SOIL EROSION, SOLID WASTE, SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT, STABILIZATION, STANDPIPES, SURFACE WATER, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT, SUSTAINABLE USE, TREATED WASTEWATER, TREATMENT TECHNIQUES, TREATMENT TECHNOLOGIES, URBAN AREAS, URBAN SANITATION, WASTE COLLECTION, WASTE MANAGEMENT, WASTE PRODUCTION, WASTEWATER, WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT, WASTEWATER REUSE, WASTEWATER TREATMENT, WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT, WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS, WATER CONTAMINATION, WATER POLLUTION, WATER RESOURCE, WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, WATER RESOURCES, WATER SCARCITY, WATER SERVICE, WATER SOURCE, WATER SOURCES, WATER SUPPLIES, WATER SUPPLY, WATERSHED MANAGEMENT, WATERSHEDS, WELLS, WETLANDS,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/06/20472009/environmental-management-bolivia-innovations-opportunities https://hdl.handle.net/10986/21097
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