Restoring the Coastal Environment in Cartagena, Colombia

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 throu...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Working Paper
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 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17827

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Summary:	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).

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