Skip to main content

Water Pollution Charges: Colombian Experience

  • Chapter
Water Quality Management in the Americas

Part of the book series: Water Resources Development and Management ((WRDM))

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this chapter

Chapter
USD 29.95
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
eBook
USD 84.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book
USD 109.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book
USD 109.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Purchases are for personal use only

Institutional subscriptions

Preview

Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.

Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.

15.6 References

  • Baumol W, Oates W (1971) The Use of Standards and Prices for Environmental Protection. The Swedish Journal of Economics 73:42–54

    Google Scholar 

  • Baumol W, Oates W (1988) The Theory of Environmental Policy. 2nd edn, Cambridge Press, Cambridge, UK

    Google Scholar 

  • Castro LF, Castro R (2002) Tasas Retributivas por Vertimientos Puntuales. Evaluación Nacional. Ministerio del Medio Ambiente, Bogotá, Colombia

    Google Scholar 

  • Castro LF, Caicedo JC, Jaramillo A, Morera L (2002) Aplicación del principio contaminador-pagador en América Latina: evaluación de la efectividad ambiental y eficiencia económica de la tasa por contaminación hÍdrica en el sector industrial colombiano. Serie Medio Ambiente y Desarrollo — Economic Comisión for Latin America and the Caribean — ECLAC, United Nations, Santiago de Chile, Chile

    Google Scholar 

  • Contraloría General de la República (2003) Estado de los Recursos Naturales y del Ambiente 2002–2003. Imprenta Nacional, Bogotá, Colombia

    Google Scholar 

  • Corporación Autónoma Regional de Cundinamarca-CAR (1993) Estudio para la Estrategia de Saneamiento del Río Bogotá. Bogotá, Colombia

    Google Scholar 

  • Departamento Nacional de Planeación, Ministerio del Medio Ambiente, Ministerio de Desarrollo (2002) Acciones Prioritarias y Lineamientos para la Formulación del Plan Nacional de Manejo de Aguas Residuales. Documentos Consejo Nacional de Política Económica y Social-CONPES 3177, Bogotá, Colombia, 2002

    Google Scholar 

  • Field B (1995) Economía Ambiental: Una Introducción. Mc Graw Hill, Colombia

    Google Scholar 

  • Ministerio del Medio Ambiente (1998a) Fondos Regionales de Inversión en Descontaminación Hídrica, Bogotá, Colombia

    Google Scholar 

  • Ministerio del Medio Ambiente (1998b) El que Contamina Paga: Aguas Limpias para Colombia al Menor Costo. Implementación de las Tasas Retributivas por Contaminación Hídrica. Imprenta Nacional, Bogotá, Colombia

    Google Scholar 

  • Ministerio del Medio Ambiente, CARDER, CVC, CORNARE (1998) Programa de Cooperación Horizontal de Tasas Retributivas por Vertimientos Puntuales. Informe Final Fase I. Bogotá, Colombia

    Google Scholar 

  • Ministry of the Environment (2003). http://www.minambiente.gov.co

    Google Scholar 

  • OECD (1994) Managing the Environment: The Role of Economic Instruments. Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Paris

    Google Scholar 

  • World Bank (2000) Greening Industry. New Roles for Communities, Markets and Governments. Oxford University Press, USA

    Google Scholar 

  • World Bank and Ministry of the Environment (1997) Colombia’s Pollution Charge Program: An evaluation with recommendations for implementation.” Seminar on Evaluation and Implementation of the Pollution Charge Program, Bogotá, Colombia, April 28

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

Authors

Editor information

Editors and Affiliations

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 2006 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg

About this chapter

Cite this chapter

Blanco, J., Guzmán, Z. (2006). Water Pollution Charges: Colombian Experience. In: Biswas, A.K., Braga, B., Tortajada, C., Rodriguez, D.J. (eds) Water Quality Management in the Americas. Water Resources Development and Management. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-30444-4_15

Download citation

Publish with us

Policies and ethics