Water resources policy and administrative management

Suffering me environmental central S - AVA is the pollution of Lake NOKOU and rivi re S. Then we can note l operation of the for ts relics of the commune. L sanitation of Lake NOKOU, calls actions at the level of several municipalities, including the municipalities of the low e vall of l or m S - AVA, the commune of Cotonou and Abomey-Calavi and common development. The choice of the municipality of S - AVA is justified by l extent of my environmental mainly due to the risk f cal p problems and management of waste. At the level of the commune of S - AVA Lake NOKOU and rivi re S pollution is mainly due the d f cation in nature by populations, the proliferating intake of garbage m nag res and other d waste, l dimensions of the Lake by the acadja, animals straying and l flooding of the Lake by water hyacinths. All these causes he urge to terminate p ril f cal n neglect others, with regard to the many consequences on the health of populations on l agroecosystem me plans water (Lake NOKOU is a bed of nesting for fish fauna m me from l oc year), on l economy because of the risk of contamination of the products of p chewhich has for example went n termination of activit s of the companys marketing of shrimp CRUSTAMER B nin and the image of the municipality. Rivi re S takes its source in Lake HLAN, communicates with the OUM River by the backwaters and empties into Lake NOKOU (15000 ha in the municipality of S - AVA) which is reli l oc Atlantic year by two channels, Cotonou and Djougba Godomey. The gradation of l agroecosystem d me of Lake NOKOU has a direct consequence on l oc year and plans water of the low e vall de l or m or which are in contact with the river or m. So clean up Lake NOKOU would delete one of the sources of pollution of l oc year Atlantic and river or m; c is also contribute to the protection of the fish fauna. The project aims the lessening of pollution in the Lake by the mati res f holds.

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