Institutional and Policy Analysis of River Basin Management : The Alto-Tietê River Basin, São Paulo, Brazil

The authors describe and analyze river basin management in the most intensely urbanized and industrialized region of Brazil. The area covered by the Alto Tiete basin is almost coterminous with the Metropolitan Region of Sao Paulo. With a drainage area of 5,985 square kilometers (2.4 percent of the state's territory), the basin encompasses 35 of the 39 municipalities and 99.5 percent of the population of Greater Sao Paulo. Population growth and urban sprawl in Greater Sao Paulo have been rapid and uncontrolled in recent decades. In 2000, 17.8 million people lived in the basin and by 2010 the population is estimated to reach 20 million. This massive human occupation was accompanied by the large-scale construction of water infrastructure, including dams, pumping stations, canals, tunnels, and inter-basin transfers to and from neighboring basins. Today, the Alto-Tiete basin is served by a complex hydraulic and hydrological system. Despite this extensive water infrastructure, the water availability of the region is still very low (201

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Main Authors:	Johnsson, Rosa Maria Formiga, Kemper, Karin Erika
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper biblioteca
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2005-06
Subjects:	ADEQUATE WATER, ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, AQUIFERS, ARID REGIONS, BASIN AREA, BASIN LEVEL, BASIN MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES, BASIN MANAGEMENT ISSUES, BASIN MANAGEMENT PARTICIPANTS, BASIN ORGANIZATIONS, BASIN-LEVEL INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS, BULK WATER, CANALS, CENTRAL GOVERNMENT, CIVIL SOCIETY, CONSERVATION, CONSTRUCTION, DEMAND FOR WATER, DETERIORATION OF WATER, DISSOLVED OXYGEN, DISTRIBUTION OF WATER, DRINKING WATER, DRINKING WATER SUPPLY, DROUGHT, EFFLUENTS, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS, FLOOD CONTROL, FRESHWATER RESOURCES, GROUNDWATER, GROUNDWATER ABSTRACTION, GROUNDWATER RESOURCES, GROUNDWATER USE, HEAVY METALS, HIGH LEVELS, INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENTS, INDUSTRIAL GROWTH, INDUSTRIAL SECTOR, INDUSTRIAL WASTE, INTEGRATED WATER MANAGEMENT, INTER-BASIN TRANSFERS, IRRIGATION, LAKES, LAND USE, LOCAL AUTHORITIES, LOCAL STAKEHOLDERS, LOCAL-LEVEL BASIN GOVERNANCE, MAJOR DAMS, MANAGING WATER RESOURCES, METROPOLITAN DEVELOPMENT, MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT, MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS, MUNICIPAL RESPONSIBILITY, MUNICIPALITIES, NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, PERMITS, POLLUTION, POLLUTION CONTROL, POPULATION GROWTH, POWER GENERATION, PRECIPITATION, PRINCIPAL RIVERS, PROGRAMS, PUBLIC WATER, PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY, PUBLIC WORKS, PUMPING, PUMPING STATIONS, QUALITY STANDARDS, RESERVOIRS, RIVER BASIN, RIVER BASIN MANAGEMENT, RIVER BASINS, RIVERS, SANITATION COMPANIES, SANITATION INFRASTRUCTURE, SANITATION SYSTEMS, SAVANNAS, SECTORAL POLICIES, SERVICE PROVISION, SEWAGE COLLECTION, SEWERAGE SERVICES, SEWERAGE SYSTEMS, SOILS, SOLID WASTE, SOLID WASTE COLLECTION, SOUTH AMERICA, STAKEHOLDER PARTICIPATION, SUB-BASIN, SURFACE WATER, SURFACE WATER RESOURCES, TOURISM FACILITIES, URBAN AREA, URBAN AREAS, URBAN CENTER, URBAN WATER, URBAN WATER SUPPLY, URBAN WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS, WASTEWATER, WASTEWATER TREATMENT, WATER AVAILABILITY, WATER BODIES, WATER CHARGES, WATER COMPANY, WATER CONSUMPTION, WATER DEMAND, WATER DEMAND MANAGEMENT, WATER INFRASTRUCTURE, WATER LAW, WATER LEGISLATION, WATER MANAGEMENT, WATER MANAGEMENT AGENCIES, WATER POLICY, WATER POLLUTION, WATER PRICING, WATER PROVIDERS, WATER QUALITY, WATER QUANTITY, WATER RESOURCE, WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT, WATER RESOURCES PROTECTION, WATER RIGHTS, WATER SANITATION, WATER SCARCITY, WATER SOURCE, WATER SOURCE PROTECTION, WATER SOURCES, WATER SUPPLY, WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS, WATER TABLE, WATER USERS, WATERS, WELLS,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/06/5866150/institutional-policy-analysis-river-basin-management-alto-tiete-river-basin-sao-paulo-brazil http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8299
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