Argentina - Water Resources Management : Policy Elements for Sustainable Development in the 21st Century, Main Report
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The study reviews the challenges water
resources management faces, and the opportunities for policy
formulation towards sustainable development in Argentina,
where regardless of prudent public finances management,
water resources management remain disproportionately
backward compared to regional, and international best
practices. Hence, within a frame of reference on the
country's population, institutions, and legal
framework, the study examines the current, accelerated
degradation of water quality, where arsenic and nitrate
pollution are found in groundwater, a main source of
drinking water supply in some rural areas, aggravated by the
uncontrolled dumping of raw wastewater in urban areas. The
uses, and management of drinking water, and sewage are
analyzed, revealing eighty-one percent of urban populations
are connected to drinking water networks, and only
thirty-eight percent to sewer networks. Upon review of the
irrigation sector, which accounts for seventy percent of all
extractions of water consumption uses, the study shows very
low levels of efficiency, compared to similar experiences in
other countries. Integrated and modern water management is
suggested, and recommendations include: preservation of
groundwater resources; promotion of policies, and actions to
control surface water pollution; increased coverage to
reduce toxicity risks in drinking water; and, modernization
of sanitation, and irrigation systems.
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ABANDONED WELLS, ACCESS TO DRINKING WATER, ACCESS TO SAFE WATER, ADMINISTRATIVE CAPACITY, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, AQUIFER PROTECTION, AQUIFERS, ARID ZONES, ARSENIC, BENEFIT ANALYSIS, CITIZEN PARTICIPATION, CIVIL SOCIETY, CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA, COMMUNITY, CONJUNCTIVE USE, CONSERVATION, CONSERVATION OF WATER, CONSERVING WATER, CONSERVING WATER RESOURCES, CONSTRUCTION, CONSUMPTIVE USE, COST EFFECTIVENESS, COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS, CUBIC METER, CUBIC METER OF WATER, CUT OFF, DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS, DRINKING WATER, DRINKING WATER SUPPLY, ECONOMIC POLICIES, ECONOMIC VALUE, EFFICIENT USE OF WATER, EFFICIENT WATER USE, ENVIRONMENTAL COSTS, ENVIRONMENTAL LAW, ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION, ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT, ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY, ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, EXCHANGE RATE, EXPLOITATION, EXTERNALITIES, FARMERS, FINANCIAL RESOURCES, FISHERIES, FLUORINE, GNP, GROUND WATER, GROUNDWATER, GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION, GROUNDWATER SOURCES, GROUPS, HIGH LEVELS, INCOME, INDUSTRIAL USE, INDUSTRIAL WASTE, IRRIGATION DISTRICT, IRRIGATION MANAGEMENT, IRRIGATION SYSTEMS, IRRIGATION WATER, LIVING CONDITIONS, LOCAL AUTHORITIES, MANAGEMENT OF WATER, MARGINAL COSTS, MARKET COMPETITION, METEOROLOGY, NATURAL RESOURCES, NITRATES, OIL, OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY, OWNERSHIP OF WATER, PERMITS, POLLUTERS, POLLUTION, POSITIVE EXTERNALITIES, PRICE OF WATER, PRINCIPAL RIVERS, PRIVATE OPERATORS, PRIVATE PARTICIPATION, PRODUCTIVITY, PROGRAMS, PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENTS, PROVINCIAL WATER, PUBLIC GOODS, PUBLIC HEALTH, PUBLIC OWNERSHIP, PUBLIC WORKS, QUALITY OF WATER, QUALITY STANDARDS, QUANTITY OF WATER, RAW WATER, RECLAMATION, RECLAMATION PROGRAM, REGULATORY AGENCIES, REGULATORY FRAMEWORK, RIGHT TO USE WATER, RIVER BASIN, RIVERS, SAFE WATER SUPPLY, SANITATION COMPANIES, SANITATION SECTOR, SANITATION SERVICES, SCIENCES, SEWER NETWORKS, SMALL CITIES, SOIL MANAGEMENT, SURFACE WATER, SURFACE WATER RESOURCES, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, SUSTAINABLE USE, URBAN AREAS, URBAN CENTERS, URBAN WATER, UTILITIES, WASTE WATER, WASTED WATER, WATER AUTHORITIES, WATER AUTHORITY, WATER AVAILABILITY, WATER CONSUMPTION, WATER INFRASTRUCTURE, WATER LAW, WATER LEGISLATION, WATER MANAGEMENT, WATER MARKET, WATER NETWORKS, WATER POLICY, WATER POLLUTION, WATER QUALITY, WATER QUALITY CONTROL, WATER QUALITY REGULATIONS, WATER RESOURCE, WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, WATER RESOURCES, WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT, WATER RIGHTS, WATER SERVICES, WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS, WATER SYSTEMS, WATER TABLES, WATER TARIFFS, WATER USAGE, WATER USE, WATER USER, WATER USERS, WATER WITHDRAWAL, WATERS, WATERSHED, WATERSHEDS, WATERWAYS, WELLS, WILLINGNESS TO PAY WATER RESOURCES, MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT, POLICY FRAMEWORK, LEGAL & REGULATORY FRAMEWORK, DRINKING WATER SUPPLIES, SEWERAGE, WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT, WATER POLLUTION CONTROL, FLOODS, WATER TARIFFS, ENVIRONMENTAL COSTS, ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT, GROUNDWATER POLLUTION, IRRIGATION SYSTEMS