Water pollution in Nicaragua | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 15/05/2019

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00:01:22 1 Water management challenges
00:03:35 1.1 Competing demands
00:05:42 1.2 Dispute with Costa Rica over the San Juan River
00:08:51 2 Water resource base
00:09:59 2.1 Groundwater and Surface water resources
00:12:18 2.2 Major lakes &amp; reservoirs
00:14:04 2.3 Water quality
00:16:58 3 Water resources management by sector
00:17:09 3.1 Water coverage and usage
00:18:07 3.2 Irrigation and drainage
00:21:53 3.3 Stormwater
00:23:50 3.4 Hydroelectricity
00:27:10 4 Legal and institutional framework
00:29:00 4.1 Legal framework
00:31:09 4.2 Institutional framework
00:36:02 5 Multi-lateral assistance
00:39:04 6 Water users fees
00:40:10 7 Ramsar wetland sites in Nicaragua
00:41:41 8 Potential climate change impacts
00:43:39 9 One Drop foundation
00:44:40 9.1 Progress report
00:46:19 10 See also



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Water resources management in Nicaragua is carried out by the National water utility and regulated by the Nicaraguan Institute of water. Nicaragua has ample water supplies in rivers, groundwater, lagoons, and significant rainfall. Distribution of rainfall is uneven though with more rain falling on an annual basis in the Caribbean lowlands and much lower amounts falling in the inland areas. Significant water resources management challenges include contaminated surface water from untreated domestic and industrial wastewater, and poor overall management of the available water resources.
The legal framework has historically been fundamentally flawed by a lack of specific water laws and regulations with numerous agencies sharing management duties. There was a 1998 reform aimed a specifying management roles for each of the management institutions and a National Water Law was approved in 2007 that focuses on water resources and regulates water use of different sectors.