Small drinking water systems: between self-management and municipal management in the state of Hidalgo, México
Abstract
The presence of municipal commissions or decentralized operating
organisms in a municipality seems to be a constant in water
management for domestic use in the municipalities of the state of
Hidalgo, but, as will be shown later, there are also institutions
created and administered by users themselves. This essay has as
objectives to document some conflicts that have arisen between
self-managing community institutions and municipalities over
administration of drinking water systems, and to present the
theoretical discussion over the capacity of users to manage
hydraulic systems they use for water supply. The information
gathered provides elements for debate over the pertinence of small
systems managed by users in comparison with a centralized and
bureaucratic administration. In the particular case of the state of
Hidalgo, decentralization of drinking water systems has created
local bureaucracies which weaken the community institutions
created by the users.
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