Climate Variability and Water Resources in Kenya : The Economic Cost of Inadequate Management

Eighty percent of Kenya is arid and semi-arid land; yet despite chronic water scarcity, the country has developed only 15 percent of its available safe water resources. Demand for water is expected to rise, owing to population increases and growing...

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Main Authors:	Mogaka, Hezron, Gichere, Samuel, Davis, Richard, Hirji, Rafik
Format:	Brief
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ALGAL BLOOMS ARID AREAS BASIN MANAGEMENT BASINS BILATERAL AGENCIES CANALS CAPACITY BUILDING CATCHMENT CATCHMENT AREA CATCHMENT LEVEL CATCHMENT MANAGEMENT CATCHMENTS CLIMATE VARIABILITY COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION CORAL REEFS COST OF WATER DAMS DECISION MAKING DEMAND FOR WATER DEMAND MANAGEMENT DISCHARGE DROUGHT EROSION EXCESSIVE ABSTRACTION EXPORT FARMERS FERTILIZERS FISHING FLOOD DAMAGE FLOOD MANAGEMENT FLOODING FLOODS FORESTRY GAUGING GAUGING STATIONS GRAZING GROUNDWATER GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT HEAVY METALS INTAKE STRUCTURES IRRIGATION JETTIES LAKES LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION LOGGING MUNICIPAL SEWAGE NATURAL RESOURCES NITROGEN PERMITS PESTICIDES PIPELINES POLLUTION POWER GENERATION PUBLIC HEALTH PUMPING PUMPING STATIONS RAINFALL RAINY SEASONS RECHARGE RESERVOIR SILTATION RESERVOIRS RIPARIAN RIVERS RUNOFF RURAL WATER RURAL WATER SUPPLY SAFE WATER SAFE YIELD SANITATION SANITATION INFRASTRUCTURE SEWAGE TREATMENT SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS SHORELINE SMALL DAMS SOIL EROSION STORAGE CAPACITY SURFACE WATER SURFACE WATER RESOURCES TOWNS TOXIC CHEMICALS TRANSBOUNDARY WATERS TRANSPARENCY TREATMENT PLANTS TURBIDITY URBAN AREAS WATER ALLOCATION WATER DEMAND WATER FLOWS WATER LAW WATER MANAGEMENT WATER QUALITY WATER RESOURCE WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT WATER RESOURCES WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT WATER REUSE WATER SCARCITY WATER SECTOR WATER SOURCES WATER STORAGE WATER SUPPLIES WATER SYSTEMS WATER TABLES WATER TRANSPORT WATER TREATMENT WATER USE WATER USER WATER USERS WATERS WATERWORKS WETLANDS
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Climate Variability and Water Resources in Kenya : The Economic Cost of Inadequate Management

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