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| Flow diagram of the drinking water supply and sanitation system of the Northern metropolitan area of Salta. WTP: Water Treatment Plant, WWTP: Wastewater Treatment Plant, Cl: Chlorination process, WR: Water Reservoir cisterns, DWWTS: Decentralized Wastewater Treatment Systems. Shaded items represent the systems and processes evaluated at the workshop with stakeholder participation.
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Water and sanitation management faces major challenges due to the rapid urban growth of metropolitan areas and the resulting pressure on water resources. Metropolitan areas often combine formal and informal water and sanitation services and regularly face shortages, leakages, and other situations involving risk to users and the environment. This wo...
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... to the latest available official data, in the city of Salta, 91% of households have a public water supply and 62% have a sewerage service (INDEC ), which is above the provincial average After the treatment, water is distributed through the distribution system. In some cases, the distribution includes water reservoir cisterns, indicated as WR in Figure 2. In addition, the informal water system can be seen in Figure 2 as shallow wells and irrigation canals (or ditches). ...
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... to the latest available official data, in the city of Salta, 91% of households have a public water supply and 62% have a sewerage service (INDEC ), which is above the provincial average After the treatment, water is distributed through the distribution system. In some cases, the distribution includes water reservoir cisterns, indicated as WR in Figure 2. In addition, the informal water system can be seen in Figure 2 as shallow wells and irrigation canals (or ditches). Figure S1). ...
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