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Water Availability

21/10/2024 Go to Evidence

2,700 m3/capita/year is the water availability in Trinidad and Tobago, placing it above the water stress threshold of 1,700 m3/capita/year (Govia & Roopnarine, 2024).

2,700 m3/capita/año es la disponibilidad de agua en Trinidad y Tobago, situándose por encima del umbral de estrés hídrico de 1,700 m3/capita/año (Govia & Roopnarine, 2024).

Govia, S., & Roopnarine, R. (2024). Untapped and Untold: The Hidden Connection between Water and Sustainability in Trinidad and Tobago. Caribbean Water and Wastewater Association (CWWA). Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.

Benefits to agriculture

21/10/2024 Go to Evidence

US$80 million was approved in 2022 by the IDB for the National Water Sector Transformation Program that will benefit agriculture (Govia & Roopnarine, 2024).

80 millones de dólares estadounidenses fueron aprobados en 2022 por el BID para el Programa Nacional de Transformación del Sector del Agua que beneficiará a la agricultura (Govia & Roopnarine, 2024).

https://opsaa.iica.int/resource-1807-estudio-de-desarrollo-%22sin-destapar-y-sin-contar:-la-conexion-oculta-entre-agua-y-sostenibilidad-en-trinidad-y-tobago%22

Watershed protection

21/10/2024 Go to Evidence

95% of Tobago's groundwater supply comes from bedrock aquifers, validating the sustainability potential of this source to meet growing agricultural demand (Govia & Roopnarine, 2024).

95% del suministro de agua subterránea de Tobago proviene de acuíferos de lecho rocoso, validando el potencial de sostenibilidad de esta fuente para satisfacer la creciente demanda agrícola (Govia & Roopnarine, 2024).

Govia, S., & Roopnarine, R. (2024). Untapped and Untold: The Hidden Connection between Water and Sustainability in Trinidad and Tobago. Caribbean Water and Wastewater Association (CWWA). Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.

Agricultural water demand

21/10/2024 Go to Evidence

700,000 m³/day will be the projected wastewater flow for Trinidad and 30,000 m³/day for Tobago by 2035, pointing to the potential for reuse in agriculture (Govia & Roopnarine, 2024).

700,000 m³/día será el flujo proyectado de aguas residuales para Trinidad y 30,000 m³/día para Tobago hacia 2035, señalando el potencial para su reutilización en agricultura (Govia & Roopnarine, 2024).

Govia, S., & Roopnarine, R. (2024). Untapped and Untold: The Hidden Connection between Water and Sustainability in Trinidad and Tobago. Caribbean Water and Wastewater Association (CWWA). Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.

Water Service Coverage

21/10/2024 Go to Evidence

89% of Trinidad and Tobago has piped water supply, while 11% is served by public taps (Govia & Roopnarine, 2024).

89% de Trinidad y Tobago cuenta con suministro de agua por tubería, mientras que el 11% es atendido mediante grifos públicos (Govia & Roopnarine, 2024).

Govia, S., & Roopnarine, R. (2024). Untapped and Untold: The Hidden Connection between Water and Sustainability in Trinidad and Tobago. Caribbean Water and Wastewater Association (CWWA). Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.

Distribution of Water Resources

21/10/2024 Go to Evidence

79% of the available water in Trinidad and Tobago comes from surface sources, while the remaining 21% is stored as groundwater (Govia & Roopnarine, 2024).

79% del agua disponible en Trinidad y Tobago proviene de fuentes superficiales, mientras que el 21% restante se almacena como agua subterránea (Govia & Roopnarine, 2024).

Govia, S., & Roopnarine, R. (2024). Untapped and Untold: The Hidden Connection between Water and Sustainability in Trinidad and Tobago. Caribbean Water and Wastewater Association (CWWA). Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.

486 Thousand People Exposed to Severe Drought

23/04/2024

486,000 people in rural areas of Central America faced severe drought conditions between April and November 2023, affecting the main planting and harvesting seasons due to reduced rainfall associated with the El Niño phenomenon. (WFP, 2024).

Programa Mundial de Alimentos (WFP). (2024). Fenómeno de El Niño 2023–2024: América Latina y el Caribe.

PMA. 2024

Fresh water

01/06/2023 Go to Evidence

70% of the freshwater withdrawn in the world is used by agriculture, with an even greater use due to crop evapotranspiration (INDAP, 2023).

Instituto de Desarrollo Agropecuario (INDAP). (2023). Estrategia INDAP 2023-2030. Por una Agricultura Familiar Campesina e Indígena más sostenible, inclusiva y resiliente. Junio de 2023.

Banco Mundial. (2022). El agua en la agricultura. https://www.bancomundial.org/es/topic/water-in-agriculture#3