The informal use of untreated wastewater for agricultural irrigation, either through direct application or diluted in natural waterways, is standard practice in Bolivia. At least 5,000 hectares of land are irrigated with wastewater, 86 percent in the departments of La Paz and Cochabamba, with the majority in the vicinity of metropolitan areas. The practice of water reuse in Bolivia shows that in a scenario of water scarcity for irrigation, wastewater...
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2015/03/24
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Document de travail
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2015/03/27
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Disclosed
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Supporting poor-inclusive water and sanitation sector reform : wastewater reuse for irrigation in Bolivia production, commercialization, and consumption of wastewater irrigated crops in the Altiplano region
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Wastewater