InhaltsangabeWater Quality Issues in Latin America.- Economic Instruments and Nonpoint Source Water Pollution.- Role of Water Rights and Market Approaches to Water Quality Management.- Effectiveness of Market Approaches to Water Quality Management.- Integrated Water Quality Management in Brazil.- Institutional Aspects of Water Quality Management in Brazil.- Water Quality Management in Ceará, Brazil.- Water Quality Management in Mexico.- Water Quality Management: Missing Concept for Developing Countries.- Public Policies for Urban Wastewater Treatment in Guanajuato, Mexico.- Water Quality Management: North American Development Bank Experience.- Water Quality Management in Central America: Case Study of Costa Rica.- Legal and Institutional Frameworks for Water Quality Management in Argentina.- Water Quality Management in Chile: Use of Economic Instruments.- Water Pollution Charges: Colombian Experience.

Preface.- Water Quality Management in the Americas.- Water Quality Issues in Latin America.- Effectiveness of Market Approaches to Water Quality Management.- Role of Water Rights and Market Approaches to Water Quality Management in the Americas.- Using Economic Instruments in the Management of Nonpoint Source Water Pollution.- Water Quality Management. A Commentary.- Integrated Water Quality Management in Brazil.- Institutional Aspects of Water Quality in Sources: Introduction to Brazil''s Case.- Water Quality Management in Ceara.- Water Quality Management in Mexico.- Water Quality Management: Missing Concepts and Experiences from Mexico and Central America.- Treatment of Urban Wastewater: Public Policies in a Local Context for Guanajuato, Mexico.- Legal and Institutional Framework for the Management of Water Quality in Argentina.- Economic Costs of Water Quality Management in Central America: Case Study of Costa Rica.- Water Quality Management in Chile through Economic Instruments.- Water Pollution Charges. Lessons Learned from Real Life: Colombian Experience.- Index.