Tag: el Alto
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First the Arctic melted, then Bolivian water dried up, then…
Bolivia has declared a state of emergency as climate impacts shrink glaciers and leave cities without water. The now-barren slopes at the world’s highest ski resort on Chacaltaya mountain in the Bolivian Andes above La Paz. The government of Bolivia, a landlocked country in the heart of South America, has been forced to declare a…
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3 ways to improve water supplies in small towns
Photo: a public faucet that serves 1,000 families in el Alto, Bolivia. Photo credit: Stephan Bachenheimer / World Bank Small towns typically have not been well served by national or regional water utilities. Decentralization has become increasingly widely adopted, but even if local governments at the small town level have the power to operate a…