Climate Change Impacts on Water Resources and Adaptation in the Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Sector in Nicaragua

Climate change is at the top of the development agenda in Central America. This region, together with the Caribbean, is highly vulnerable to the effects of climate change in Latin America. Climate change is manifesting itself through higher average...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	2014
Subjects:	AFFORESTATION AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES AGRICULTURE PRODUCTION AIR AIR QUALITY AQUEDUCTS AQUIFER AQUIFER RECHARGE AQUIFERS ARSENIC ATMOSPHERE AVAILABLE WATER AVERAGE ANNUAL PRECIPITATION BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION BUFFER ZONES CAPACITY BUILDING CARBON CARBON EMISSION CARBON SINK CATTLE RAISING CHEMICAL PROCESSES CHEMICALS CHILD MORTALITY CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE CHANGES CLIMATE DATA CLIMATE IMPACTS CLIMATE VARIABILITY CLIMATOLOGY COASTAL ZONES COASTS COLORS COMMUNITY MEMBERS COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS COMMUNITY WATER CONSTRUCTION COVERING CROP CULTIVATION CROP DIVERSIFICATION CROP PRODUCTION CUBIC METERS CYCLONES DAMS DECISION MAKERS DEFORESTATION DEMAND FOR WATER DEMAND MANAGEMENT DESALINATION DISTRIBUTION OF WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS DOMESTIC USE DOMESTIC WATER DOMESTIC WATER SUPPLY DRAINAGE SYSTEMS DRINKING WATER DRINKING WATER QUALITY DRINKING WATER SUPPLY DROUGHT ECOSYSTEM EL NINO ELECTRICITY ELECTRICITY GENERATION EMISSION REDUCTION EMISSION SCENARIO EMISSION SCENARIOS EMISSIONS ENGINEERING ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION EVAPORATION FILTRATION FLOODING FLOODS FOOD INSECURITY FOREST FOREST COVER FOREST MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE FRESHWATER FRESHWATER RESOURCES GAS GCM GHG GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE GRAVITY GREENHOUSE GREENHOUSE GAS GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION GROUNDWATER GROUNDWATER QUALITY GROUNDWATER RECHARGE GROUNDWATER RESOURCES GROUNDWATER SOURCES HIGH LEVELS HORIZONTAL WELLS HOUSEHOLD USE HOUSEHOLDS HUMAN WASTE HURRICANES HYDROLOGICAL MODEL HYDROLOGY HYDROPOWER POTENTIAL INVESTMENT DECISIONS IPCC IRRIGATION IRRIGATION MANAGEMENT IRRIGATION SYSTEMS IRRIGATION WATER LAND COVER LAND DEGRADATION LAND USE LAND USE CHANGE LAND USE PRACTICES METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS METEOROLOGY MUNICIPAL AUTHORITIES MUNICIPAL LEVEL MUNICIPAL WATER MUNICIPALITIES NATURAL RECHARGE NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT NATURAL RESOURCES PIT LATRINES POLLUTION PONDS POPULATION DENSITY POPULATION GROWTH POTABLE WATER POTABLE WATER SUPPLY PP PRESSURE PUBLIC HEALTH PUMPING PUMPING SYSTEMS PUMPS QUALITY OF WATER QUALITY STANDARDS RAIN RAINWATER RAINWATER HARVESTING RECYCLING REGIONAL GOVERNMENT RENEWABLE ENERGY RESERVOIRS RETROFITTING RIVER BASINS RIVERS RUNOFF RURAL COMMUNITIES RURAL WATER RURAL WATER SUPPLY RURAL WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS SAFE DRINKING WATER SALINE INTRUSION SANITATION SANITATION COMMITTEE SANITATION INFRASTRUCTURE SANITATION SECTOR SANITATION SYSTEMS SECTORAL ALLOCATIONS SEDIMENTS SOIL EROSION SOLID WASTE SOURCES OF WATER SPRINGS STORMWATER SUGAR CANE SUPPLY OF WATER SURFACE TEMPERATURE SURFACE WATER SURFACE WATER DRAINAGE SURFACE WATER DRAINAGE SYSTEMS SURFACE WATER QUALITY SUSTAINABLE USE SUSTAINABLE WATER TREATMENT PLANTS TROPICAL STORMS UNDERGROUND STORAGE USE OF WATER VARIABLE RAINFALL WASTEWATER WASTEWATER REUSE WASTEWATER TREATMENT WATER AUTHORITY WATER AVAILABILITY WATER CONSERVATION WATER CONTAMINATION WATER CONVEYANCE WATER DEMAND WATER DISTRIBUTION WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS WATER FLOWS WATER INFRASTRUCTURE WATER MANAGEMENT WATER MARKETS WATER METERING WATER POLLUTION WATER PRICING WATER PRODUCTION WATER QUALITY WATER RESEARCH WATER RESOURCE WATER RESOURCES WATER RESOURCES CONSERVATION WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT WATER SCARCITY WATER SECTOR WATER SOURCE WATER SOURCES WATER SUPPLIES WATER SUPPLY PROJECTS WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS WATER SYSTEMS WATER TABLE WATER TRANSFERS WATER USE WATER USERS WATER WELLS WATER WITHDRAWALS WATERSHED WATERSHED MANAGEMENT WATERSHEDS WELL MAINTENANCE WELLS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/01/18004551/climate-change-impacts-water-resources-adaptation-rural-water-supply-sanitation-sector-nicaragua http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16586

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Summary:	Climate change is at the top of the development agenda in Central America. This region, together with the Caribbean, is highly vulnerable to the effects of climate change in Latin America. Climate change is manifesting itself through higher average temperatures and more frequent droughts that result in higher water stress, and through the rising frequency of extreme weather events such as tropical storms, hurricanes, floods and landslides, all of which pose significant challenges in the rural water supply and sanitation sector. The paper starts with a review of the historic data on temperature and precipitation trends in Central America and particularly at the regional level in Nicaragua. The data reveal a clear trend of the growing climate variability, increased water stress for crops, and greater frequency of extreme weather events. The rising intensity and frequency of ex-treme weather events is among the most critical risks to the region's development agenda, and they translate into high economic losses. This paper examines the impacts and implications of potential climate change on water resources in Nicaragua and makes key recommendations to integrate climate change and rural water supply and sanitation policies and programs in a way that increase resilience to current and future climate conditions.

Climate Change Impacts on Water Resources and Adaptation in the Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Sector in Nicaragua

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