Local and social management capacities for domestic water supply in rural communities in valle de Zamora, Michoacán, México
Abstract
In this study, local capacities for domestic water management
in rural communities in Zamora, Michoacán, are shown.
The recognition of these community experiences becomes
important within the scope of discussion about reaches and
limitations of centralization and decentralization of the water
resource. Local capacities are analyzed through well-known
components in community management, such as: government
and administration, water distribution, operating personnel,
vigilance and monitoring, accountability, self-financing ability,
and social equity criteria. In organization of the community
systems studied the following stand out: minimum bureaucracy,
self-financing ability, and simple and timely rules for managing
the water resource with a degree of social equity. These elements
support the argument of the need for a greater legal recognition
of self-managing capacities in rural communities for the integral
and sustainable management of drinking water.
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