Author(s): Fernando J. González Villarreal, Jorge Alberto Arriaga Medina, Jorge Ivan Juarez Dehesa
Linked Author(s): Jorge Alberto Arriaga Medina
Keywords: Best management practices, integrated water resources management, municipal water development, water utilities.
Abstract: This paper presents the results achieved by the Water Development Support Program of the states of Oaxaca, Puebla and Tlaxcala (PADHPOT, in Spanish) in Ocotlan de Morelos, Oaxaca, Mexico. The National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) created this program to help municipalities with a range of 10 and 100 thousand inhabitants to improve their water supply systems. Firstly, it explains the origins and methodology used by the program. Then, the document describes the geographical and socioeconomic conditions related to the municipal water supply system. Finally, the text describes the goals achieved by PADHPOT in the community, focusing in the fact that an integrated view is needed in order not to only build hydraulic infrastructure but to promote institutional development and local capacity building as well
Year: 2017