Johnsson, Rosa Maria FormigaKemper, Karin Erika2012-06-182012-06-182005-06https://hdl.handle.net/10986/8299The 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 (201CC BY 3.0 IGOADEQUATE WATERADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORTAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONAQUIFERSARID REGIONSBASIN AREABASIN LEVELBASIN MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIESBASIN MANAGEMENT ISSUESBASIN MANAGEMENT PARTICIPANTSBASIN ORGANIZATIONSBASIN-LEVEL INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTSBULK WATERCANALSCENTRAL GOVERNMENTCIVIL SOCIETYCONSERVATIONCONSTRUCTIONDEMAND FOR WATERDETERIORATION OF WATERDISSOLVED OXYGENDISTRIBUTION OF WATERDRINKING WATERDRINKING WATER SUPPLYDROUGHTEFFLUENTSENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONSFLOOD CONTROLFRESHWATER RESOURCESGROUNDWATERGROUNDWATER ABSTRACTIONGROUNDWATER RESOURCESGROUNDWATER USEHEAVY METALSHIGH LEVELSINDUSTRIAL EFFLUENTSINDUSTRIAL GROWTHINDUSTRIAL SECTORINDUSTRIAL WASTEINTEGRATED WATER MANAGEMENTINTER-BASIN TRANSFERSIRRIGATIONLAKESLAND USELOCAL AUTHORITIESLOCAL STAKEHOLDERSLOCAL-LEVEL BASIN GOVERNANCEMAJOR DAMSMANAGING WATER RESOURCESMETROPOLITAN DEVELOPMENTMUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTMUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTSMUNICIPAL RESPONSIBILITYMUNICIPALITIESNATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENTPERMITSPOLLUTIONPOLLUTION CONTROLPOPULATION GROWTHPOWER GENERATIONPRECIPITATIONPRINCIPAL RIVERSPROGRAMSPUBLIC WATERPUBLIC WATER SUPPLYPUBLIC WORKSPUMPINGPUMPING STATIONSQUALITY STANDARDSRESERVOIRSRIVER BASINRIVER BASIN MANAGEMENTRIVER BASINSRIVERSSANITATION COMPANIESSANITATION INFRASTRUCTURESANITATION SYSTEMSSAVANNASSECTORAL POLICIESSERVICE PROVISIONSEWAGE COLLECTIONSEWERAGE SERVICESSEWERAGE SYSTEMSSOILSSOLID WASTESOLID WASTE COLLECTIONSOUTH AMERICASTAKEHOLDER PARTICIPATIONSUB-BASINSURFACE WATERSURFACE WATER RESOURCESTOURISM FACILITIESURBAN AREAURBAN AREASURBAN CENTERURBAN WATERURBAN WATER SUPPLYURBAN WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMSWASTEWATERWASTEWATER TREATMENTWATER AVAILABILITYWATER BODIESWATER CHARGESWATER COMPANYWATER CONSUMPTIONWATER DEMANDWATER DEMAND MANAGEMENTWATER INFRASTRUCTUREWATER LAWWATER LEGISLATIONWATER MANAGEMENTWATER MANAGEMENT AGENCIESWATER POLICYWATER POLLUTIONWATER PRICINGWATER PROVIDERSWATER QUALITYWATER QUANTITYWATER RESOURCEWATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENTWATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENTWATER RESOURCES PROTECTIONWATER RIGHTSWATER SANITATIONWATER SCARCITYWATER SOURCEWATER SOURCE PROTECTIONWATER SOURCESWATER SUPPLYWATER SUPPLY SYSTEMSWATER TABLEWATER USERSWATERSWELLSWorld Bank10.1596/1813-9450-3650