The World Bank's Water Supply and Sanitation Program focuses on the provision of efficient sustainable water supply and sanitation services for all. It covers areas such as WaterService Extension for the Urban Poor, Operator Performance Improvement, Rural Water Supply and Sanitation, and Sanitation and Hygiene. The Bank's Water Resources Management covers many dimensions of water resources management, including Coastal and Marine Management, Dams and Reservoirs, Groundwater, Irrigation and Drainage, River Basin Management, and International Waters, and Watershed Management. Water sector and the environment is linked directly through impacts on rivers, watersheds, and marine environments and indirectly through impacts on human health from water consumption and wastewater treatment.  Please note that external sites are not endorsed by the World Bank Group.  General Documents and Links   World Bank Environmental Assessment Sourcebook Chapter 9: Population Health and Nutrition; Urban Development; Transportation; and Water Supply and Sewerage (1999)
   World Bank Environment Strategy Paper No. 2 on Environmental and Water Resources Management (by R. Hirji and H. O. Ibrekk, 2001)
 Strategic Environmental Assessment and Integrated Water Resources Management and Development (World Bank, 2007)  Strategic Environmental Assessment: Improving Water Resources Governance and Decision Making - Main Report (by R. Hirji and R. David, World Bank, 2009)  Strategic Environmental Assessment: Improving Water Resources Governance and Decision Making - Case Studies (by R. Hirji and R. David, World Bank, 2009)   Sub-Sectors/ Issues | More Information and Links | National Water Policy Formation |  Argentina: Case Study of SEA for Policy Reform in Water and Sanitation Sectors (page 8), in Integrating Environmental Considerations in Policy Formulation (World Bank, 2005)   Colombia: SEA for Water Sector Reform Assistance Project   Indonesia: Water Sector Adjustment Loan Project SEA (Inter-Agency Task Force on Water Sector Policy Reform Government of Indonesia, 1999)    | National Water Planning |   China: Water Resource Assistance Strategy (World Bank, 2002)   Jordan: Draft Water Sector SEA (World Bank, 2002)    Jordan: Water Sector SEA Summary (transcript) and  Presentation (by V. Alavian, World Bank, 2004)      Philippines: Water Resources Assistance Strategy (World Bank, 2003)   St. Lucia: A Sectoral Enviornmental Analysis for the Water and Sewerage Sector (Nicholson Institute, 2001)     | Water Resources/ River Basin Planning and Catchment Management |   Brazil: Ceara Water Resources Management Pilot Project SEA Summary (World Bank, 2002) and PROGERIRH Executive Environmental Summary (Government of the State of Ceara, 1998)    China: North East China Summary (Liaoning River Basin Projects) (World Bank, 2002)    Vietnam: Mekong River Commission on Sustainable Development   See also River Basin Management  | Water Supply |  Netherlands: SEA for National Water Supply (page 78), in  Effective SEA System and Case Studies (Ministry of Environment Government of Japan, 2003)    Rapid Assessment Checklist for Water Supply, in Environmental Assessment Guidelines (page 130) (Asian Development Bank, 2003)   | Sanitation |   Rapid Assessment Checklist for Sanitation, in Environmental Assessment Guidelines (page 134) (Asian Development Bank, 2003)   | Flood Management |  Vietnam: Mekong River Commission on Sustainable Development   | Drainage |  Vietnam: Mekong River Commission on Sustainable Development   | Hydropower |   Nepal: Medium Sized Hydropower Development Strategy SEA (Ministry of Water Resources and Ministry of Population and Environment Government of Nepal, 1997)      Rapid Assessment Checklist for Hydropower, in Environmental Assessment Guidelines (page 116) (Asian Development Bank, 2003)   See also Energy and Mining  | Dams |   World Commission on Dams  | Coastal and Marine |  See Coastal Zone Management | Irrigation |   Rapid Assessment Checklist for Irrigation, in Environmental Assessment Guidelines (page 110) (Asian Development Bank, 2003)   Vietnam: Mekong River Commission on Sustainable Development   See also Agriculture  | Watershed Management |  See Agriculture |
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