Overview
Water management poses a critical development challenge in Bolivia, as highlighted by the 2017 water supply crisis in La Paz and by widespread flooding in Cochabamba in 2018. Limited access to safely managed sanitation services is also a major challenge in Bolivia, where only half the population had access to basic sanitation in 2015, and less than 15% of wastewater received any treatment. Bolivia, however, is well positioned to respond positively to these challenges because of the existence of a progressive and proactive Ministry of the Environment and Water (MMAyA for its Spanish initials).
The Bolivia WATCH program – or the WASH Thinking Connected to Hydrology program – supports ongoing efforts by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) to both promote innovative Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) solutions and implementation of Bolivia’s National Watershed Plan.
Over three years, SEI will coordinate these two lines of collaboration with MMAyA and work in strong and sustained partnership with other important organizations in Bolivia.
A misty morning in the Bolivian capital La Paz, surrounded by Andean mountains. Photo: Harri Jarvelainen Photography / Getty Images.
SEI Research Associates Carla Liera and Nhilce Esquivel and Research Fellow Linus Dagerskog will take part in both side events and the LatinoSan conference.
- Event
- Water
- Governance
- Health
- 7 - 12 October 2022
- 11:00 - 16:50 BOT
- Cochabamba, Bolivia
- Argentina
- Bolivia
- Brazil
- Colombia
- Costa Rica
- Ecuador
- El Salvador
- Guatemala
- Honduras
- Latin America and the Caribbean
- Mexico
- Panama
- Peru
- Uruguay
- Venezuela
SEI researchers Felipe Benavides and Jeanne Fernandez reflect on a recent tour of Bolivia's Tupiza watershed, where residents have "lost everything."
- Perspective
- Water
- Health
- 21 March 2019
- Bolivia
- Centre Director
- SEI Latin America
- @dpurkey1
- SEI US Water Program Director
- SEI US
- @MEscobar_Agua
- Senior Project Manager
- SEI Headquarters
- @MadeleineFogde
- Research Fellow
- SEI Headquarters
- Communications Officer
- SEI Latin America
- Communications
- Research Associate
- SEI Latin America
- @ClaudiaColeoni
- Research Associate
- SEI Headquarters
- Research Associate
- SEI Headquarters
- Research Associate
- SEI Headquarters
- Research Fellow
- SEI Latin America
- @TANIASA57093116
- Research Associate
- SEI Latin America
- Research Assistant
- SEI Latin America
- Research Assistant
- SEI Latin America
- Research Associate
- SEI Latin America
- @facundo_cristo
- Research Assistant
- SEI Latin America
- Communications Assistant
- SEI Latin America
- Communications
- @CamiloMartelo_
- Team Leader: Water, Coasts and Ocean; Senior Research Fellow
- SEI Headquarters
- @barquet4
- Research Associate
- SEI Headquarters
- @DanielDdiba
- Scientist
- SEI US
- Research Associate
- SEI Headquarters
- @laura_delduca
The Water Evaluation and Planning tool (WEAP) provides a comprehensive, flexible and user-friendly framework for policy analysis in water resources planning.
- Tool
- Water
- 1 January 2020
- United States of America
- Latin America and the Caribbean
- Africa
- Mekong
Resource Value Mapping (REVAMP) helps city planners estimate resources and reuse potential in a city's wastewater and their financial values.
- Tool
- Water
- Climate
- 16 February 2017
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- Southern Asia
A new tool developed by SEI's Bolivia WATCH team integrates sanitation and hygiene considerations into watershed planning.
- SEI briefs
- Health
- Water
- 14 February 2023
- Americas
- Bolivia
- South America
Additional solutions, capacity development and strengthening of governance systems are needed to allow for increased sustainability of the city's sanitation.
- SEI reports
- Water
- Health
- Governance
- 1 March 2022
- Bolivia
Urban and agricultural growth in Bolivian dry forests are putting pressure on groundwater and surface water supply. SEI research seeks to quantify the problem.
- SEI briefs
- Governance
- Land
- Water
- 24 January 2022
- South America
- Bolivia
This fact sheet explores the research aimed at preserving the ecosystems of high-elevation wetlands in Bolivia amid the effects of climate change.
- SEI briefs
- Land
- Water
- 29 October 2021
- South America
- Bolivia
SEI researchers Felipe Benavides and Jeanne Fernandez reflect on a recent tour of Bolivia's Tupiza watershed, where residents have "lost everything."
- Perspective
- Water
- Health
- 21 March 2019
- Bolivia
In Chía, Colombia, inadequate waste management is putting lives and ecosystems at risk. We worked with locals to crunch data and calculate scenarios for change.
- Feature
- Water
- Health
- Governance
- 1 April 2019
- Colombia
How does the water resources system model contribute to the development of effective water planning instruments?
- Journal articles
- Water
- 19 January 2021
- Bolivia
This paper describes the development of poverty-related indicators in SEI's Water Evaluation And Planning (WEAP) tool.
- SEI working papers
- Water
- 1 August 2018
- Colombia
Clean and Green is the first rural sanitation implementation framework that explicitly addresses efficient local resource management
- SEI briefs
- Water
- Health
- 22 August 2017
- Journal articles
- Water
- Governance
- 26 May 2016
- Peru
- Colombia
- Bolivia
- SEI briefs
- Climate
- Water
- 3 November 2013
- Bolivia