Lessons learned: Case Tiquipaya
LESSON 1
Water rights based on uses and customs can hamper integrated water resource
management that also satisfies new and legitimate multiple use needs as
a result of the population’s growth.
LESSON 2
In communities where the growing population generates changes on the use
of land, conflicts occur due to water access when the systems are not
planned with a multiple use vision.
LESSON 3
It is necessary to have a shared vision and not a sector vision to make
progress towards multiple uses between the different sectors on the basis
of integrated water resource planning.
LESSON 4
To achieve shared planning processes for an integrated water resource
management between the different actors it is necessary to attain a balanced
empowerment of the different sectors involved.
LESSON 5
The regulations in force and the instruments for its application must
support the construction of an integral and fair vision for water use,
at social, political and productive levels.
LESSON 6
Integral planning, with strengthened institutions, leads to water use
practices that encourage water balance and benefit the environment.
LESSON 7
Drinking water systems meet the population’s needs, but due to the
fragmentation level, the committees managing them do not have any influence
over the planning, regulatory and local power processes so that access
to water occurs in an orderly manner.
LESSON 8
Everybody feels that water is a social, common and life good, which is
a starting point for planning processes that reach an agreement in terms
of water use and integrated local management.
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