Institutional and Policy Analysis of River Basin Management : The Tárcoles River Basin, Costa Rica

This paper describes and analyzes the effort to institute river basin management in the Tárcoles basin of Costa Rica. Located in west-central Costa Rica, the Tárcoles basin represents 4.2 percent of the nation's total land area, but is home to half the nation's population and the metropoli...

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Main Authors:	Blomquist, William, Ballestero, Maureen, Bhat, Anjali, Kemper, Karin
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ADEQUATE WATER AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITY AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF AGRICULTURAL WATER AGRICULTURAL WATER USE AQUEDUCTS AQUIFERS BASIN AREA BASIN COMMISSION BASIN PLANNING BASIN WATER BASIN WATER MANAGEMENT CENTRAL AMERICAN CHANNELS CIVIL SOCIETY COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS CONFLUENCE CONSERVATION CONSERVE WATER CONTAMINANTS CONTAMINATION CONTAMINATION OF GROUNDWATER CUT OFF DAIRY FARMING DRAINAGE DRINKING WATER DRY SEASON ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT ENVIRONMENTAL LAW ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY FARMERS FERTILIZERS FISHING FLOODING FLOODING PROBLEMS FORESTRY GRAVEL GROUNDWATER GROUNDWATER QUALITY GROUNDWATER USE HEAVY METALS HYDROELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRIAL USE INDUSTRIAL WASTE INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER INDUSTRIAL WATER INDUSTRIAL WATER USE INTEGRATED WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT IRRIGATED AGRICULTURE IRRIGATION JURISDICTION LAND USE LATIN AMERICAN MANAGING WATER RESOURCES NATIONAL WATER LAW NATIONAL WATER PLAN NATIONAL WATER POLICY NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT NATURAL RESOURCES PERMITS POTABLE WATER PROGRAMS PROTECTED AREAS PUBLIC HEALTH QUALITY WATER RECHARGE RESERVOIRS RIVER BASIN RIVER BASIN LEVEL RIVER BASIN MANAGEMENT RIVER BASINS RIVER FLOW RIVERS SAND SEPTIC SYSTEMS SEPTIC TANKS SEWAGE TREATMENT SEWERAGE SYSTEMS SOIL EROSION SOILS SOLID WASTE SOLID WASTE COLLECTION SPRINGS STORMWATER STREAM STREAM CHANNELS STREAMS SURFACE WATER SURFACE WATERS SUSPENDED SOLIDS WASTE DISCHARGES WASTEWATER WATER AVAILABILITY WATER CHARGES WATER DEMAND WATER FLOWS WATER LAW WATER MANAGEMENT WATER POLICIES WATER POLICY WATER POLLUTION WATER PROVIDERS WATER QUALITY WATER QUALITY PROBLEMS WATER RESOURCE WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT WATER SCARCITY WATER SUPPLY WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS WATER SYSTEMS WATER TREATMENT WATER TREATMENT FACILITIES WATER USE SECTORS WATER USES WATERSHED WELLS
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spelling	okr-10986-82322021-04-23T14:02:42Z Institutional and Policy Analysis of River Basin Management : The Tárcoles River Basin, Costa Rica Blomquist, William Ballestero, Maureen Bhat, Anjali Kemper, Karin ADEQUATE WATER AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITY AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF AGRICULTURAL WATER AGRICULTURAL WATER USE AQUEDUCTS AQUIFERS BASIN AREA BASIN COMMISSION BASIN PLANNING BASIN WATER BASIN WATER MANAGEMENT CENTRAL AMERICAN CHANNELS CIVIL SOCIETY COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS CONFLUENCE CONSERVATION CONSERVE WATER CONTAMINANTS CONTAMINATION CONTAMINATION OF GROUNDWATER CUT OFF DAIRY FARMING DRAINAGE DRINKING WATER DRY SEASON ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT ENVIRONMENTAL LAW ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY FARMERS FERTILIZERS FISHING FLOODING FLOODING PROBLEMS FORESTRY GRAVEL GROUNDWATER GROUNDWATER QUALITY GROUNDWATER USE HEAVY METALS HYDROELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRIAL USE INDUSTRIAL WASTE INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER INDUSTRIAL WATER INDUSTRIAL WATER USE INTEGRATED WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT IRRIGATED AGRICULTURE IRRIGATION JURISDICTION LAND USE LATIN AMERICAN MANAGING WATER RESOURCES NATIONAL WATER LAW NATIONAL WATER PLAN NATIONAL WATER POLICY NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT NATURAL RESOURCES PERMITS POTABLE WATER PROGRAMS PROTECTED AREAS PUBLIC HEALTH QUALITY WATER RECHARGE RESERVOIRS RIVER BASIN RIVER BASIN LEVEL RIVER BASIN MANAGEMENT RIVER BASINS RIVER FLOW RIVERS SAND SEPTIC SYSTEMS SEPTIC TANKS SEWAGE TREATMENT SEWERAGE SYSTEMS SOIL EROSION SOILS SOLID WASTE SOLID WASTE COLLECTION SPRINGS STORMWATER STREAM STREAM CHANNELS STREAMS SURFACE WATER SURFACE WATERS SUSPENDED SOLIDS WASTE DISCHARGES WASTEWATER WATER AVAILABILITY WATER CHARGES WATER DEMAND WATER FLOWS WATER LAW WATER MANAGEMENT WATER POLICIES WATER POLICY WATER POLLUTION WATER PROVIDERS WATER QUALITY WATER QUALITY PROBLEMS WATER RESOURCE WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT WATER SCARCITY WATER SUPPLY WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS WATER SYSTEMS WATER TREATMENT WATER TREATMENT FACILITIES WATER USE SECTORS WATER USES WATERSHED WELLS This paper describes and analyzes the effort to institute river basin management in the Tárcoles basin of Costa Rica. Located in west-central Costa Rica, the Tárcoles basin represents 4.2 percent of the nation's total land area, but is home to half the nation's population and the metropolitan area of San José, the nation's capital and largest city. Water management issues include severe water pollution resulting from sewage, industrial waste discharges, agricultural runoff, and deforestation. In the early 1990s a locally-initiated effort established a river basin commission for the Río Grande de Tárcoles (CRGT), which was supported by the central government's environment ministry. Since the late 1990s, however, the DRGT has struggled through changes of leadership, inconsistent support from the central government, and waning participation from basin stakeholders. Despite several programs to arrest deforestation and encourage better industrial and agricultural practices, the basin's water problems continue largely unabated. The Tárcoles case is instructive about both the possibilities and the fragility of efforts to establish integrated water resource management at the river basin level. 2012-06-15T22:28:38Z 2012-06-15T22:28:38Z 2005-05 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/05/5800558/institutional-policy-analysis-river-basin-management-tarcoles-river-basin-costa-rica http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8232 English Policy Research Working Paper; No. 3612 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research Latin America & Caribbean Costa Rica
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topic	ADEQUATE WATER AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITY AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF AGRICULTURAL WATER AGRICULTURAL WATER USE AQUEDUCTS AQUIFERS BASIN AREA BASIN COMMISSION BASIN PLANNING BASIN WATER BASIN WATER MANAGEMENT CENTRAL AMERICAN CHANNELS CIVIL SOCIETY COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS CONFLUENCE CONSERVATION CONSERVE WATER CONTAMINANTS CONTAMINATION CONTAMINATION OF GROUNDWATER CUT OFF DAIRY FARMING DRAINAGE DRINKING WATER DRY SEASON ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT ENVIRONMENTAL LAW ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY FARMERS FERTILIZERS FISHING FLOODING FLOODING PROBLEMS FORESTRY GRAVEL GROUNDWATER GROUNDWATER QUALITY GROUNDWATER USE HEAVY METALS HYDROELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRIAL USE INDUSTRIAL WASTE INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER INDUSTRIAL WATER INDUSTRIAL WATER USE INTEGRATED WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT IRRIGATED AGRICULTURE IRRIGATION JURISDICTION LAND USE LATIN AMERICAN MANAGING WATER RESOURCES NATIONAL WATER LAW NATIONAL WATER PLAN NATIONAL WATER POLICY NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT NATURAL RESOURCES PERMITS POTABLE WATER PROGRAMS PROTECTED AREAS PUBLIC HEALTH QUALITY WATER RECHARGE RESERVOIRS RIVER BASIN RIVER BASIN LEVEL RIVER BASIN MANAGEMENT RIVER BASINS RIVER FLOW RIVERS SAND SEPTIC SYSTEMS SEPTIC TANKS SEWAGE TREATMENT SEWERAGE SYSTEMS SOIL EROSION SOILS SOLID WASTE SOLID WASTE COLLECTION SPRINGS STORMWATER STREAM STREAM CHANNELS STREAMS SURFACE WATER SURFACE WATERS SUSPENDED SOLIDS WASTE DISCHARGES WASTEWATER WATER AVAILABILITY WATER CHARGES WATER DEMAND WATER FLOWS WATER LAW WATER MANAGEMENT WATER POLICIES WATER POLICY WATER POLLUTION WATER PROVIDERS WATER QUALITY WATER QUALITY PROBLEMS WATER RESOURCE WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT WATER SCARCITY WATER SUPPLY WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS WATER SYSTEMS WATER TREATMENT WATER TREATMENT FACILITIES WATER USE SECTORS WATER USES WATERSHED WELLS
spellingShingle	ADEQUATE WATER AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITY AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF AGRICULTURAL WATER AGRICULTURAL WATER USE AQUEDUCTS AQUIFERS BASIN AREA BASIN COMMISSION BASIN PLANNING BASIN WATER BASIN WATER MANAGEMENT CENTRAL AMERICAN CHANNELS CIVIL SOCIETY COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS CONFLUENCE CONSERVATION CONSERVE WATER CONTAMINANTS CONTAMINATION CONTAMINATION OF GROUNDWATER CUT OFF DAIRY FARMING DRAINAGE DRINKING WATER DRY SEASON ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT ENVIRONMENTAL LAW ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY FARMERS FERTILIZERS FISHING FLOODING FLOODING PROBLEMS FORESTRY GRAVEL GROUNDWATER GROUNDWATER QUALITY GROUNDWATER USE HEAVY METALS HYDROELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRIAL USE INDUSTRIAL WASTE INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER INDUSTRIAL WATER INDUSTRIAL WATER USE INTEGRATED WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT IRRIGATED AGRICULTURE IRRIGATION JURISDICTION LAND USE LATIN AMERICAN MANAGING WATER RESOURCES NATIONAL WATER LAW NATIONAL WATER PLAN NATIONAL WATER POLICY NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT NATURAL RESOURCES PERMITS POTABLE WATER PROGRAMS PROTECTED AREAS PUBLIC HEALTH QUALITY WATER RECHARGE RESERVOIRS RIVER BASIN RIVER BASIN LEVEL RIVER BASIN MANAGEMENT RIVER BASINS RIVER FLOW RIVERS SAND SEPTIC SYSTEMS SEPTIC TANKS SEWAGE TREATMENT SEWERAGE SYSTEMS SOIL EROSION SOILS SOLID WASTE SOLID WASTE COLLECTION SPRINGS STORMWATER STREAM STREAM CHANNELS STREAMS SURFACE WATER SURFACE WATERS SUSPENDED SOLIDS WASTE DISCHARGES WASTEWATER WATER AVAILABILITY WATER CHARGES WATER DEMAND WATER FLOWS WATER LAW WATER MANAGEMENT WATER POLICIES WATER POLICY WATER POLLUTION WATER PROVIDERS WATER QUALITY WATER QUALITY PROBLEMS WATER RESOURCE WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT WATER SCARCITY WATER SUPPLY WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS WATER SYSTEMS WATER TREATMENT WATER TREATMENT FACILITIES WATER USE SECTORS WATER USES WATERSHED WELLS Blomquist, William Ballestero, Maureen Bhat, Anjali Kemper, Karin Institutional and Policy Analysis of River Basin Management : The Tárcoles River Basin, Costa Rica
geographic_facet	Latin America & Caribbean Costa Rica
relation	Policy Research Working Paper; No. 3612
description	This paper describes and analyzes the effort to institute river basin management in the Tárcoles basin of Costa Rica. Located in west-central Costa Rica, the Tárcoles basin represents 4.2 percent of the nation's total land area, but is home to half the nation's population and the metropolitan area of San José, the nation's capital and largest city. Water management issues include severe water pollution resulting from sewage, industrial waste discharges, agricultural runoff, and deforestation. In the early 1990s a locally-initiated effort established a river basin commission for the Río Grande de Tárcoles (CRGT), which was supported by the central government's environment ministry. Since the late 1990s, however, the DRGT has struggled through changes of leadership, inconsistent support from the central government, and waning participation from basin stakeholders. Despite several programs to arrest deforestation and encourage better industrial and agricultural practices, the basin's water problems continue largely unabated. The Tárcoles case is instructive about both the possibilities and the fragility of efforts to establish integrated water resource management at the river basin level.
format	Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author	Blomquist, William Ballestero, Maureen Bhat, Anjali Kemper, Karin
author_facet	Blomquist, William Ballestero, Maureen Bhat, Anjali Kemper, Karin
author_sort	Blomquist, William
title	Institutional and Policy Analysis of River Basin Management : The Tárcoles River Basin, Costa Rica
title_short	Institutional and Policy Analysis of River Basin Management : The Tárcoles River Basin, Costa Rica
title_full	Institutional and Policy Analysis of River Basin Management : The Tárcoles River Basin, Costa Rica
title_fullStr	Institutional and Policy Analysis of River Basin Management : The Tárcoles River Basin, Costa Rica
title_full_unstemmed	Institutional and Policy Analysis of River Basin Management : The Tárcoles River Basin, Costa Rica
title_sort	institutional and policy analysis of river basin management : the tárcoles river basin, costa rica
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2012
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/05/5800558/institutional-policy-analysis-river-basin-management-tarcoles-river-basin-costa-rica http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8232
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Institutional and Policy Analysis of River Basin Management : The Tárcoles River Basin, Costa Rica

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