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What’s the price of water? An ASADA in Costa Rica wrestles to quench a community’s thirst

In Costa Rica, nearly 93% of the population has access to potable water. Water can be drunk straight from the tap, a characteristic that sets the country apart from its Latin American neighbors. Part of this success comes from the system of co-management that has been firmly established in the country since the 1980s. This […]

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