Governance and Right to Water: Common Practices and Particularities of Water Community Committees

Abstract

This paper aims to explore the particularities of water supply management  in Mexico by examining governance arrangements in which government, private and social actors intervene. The analysis is supported by  documentary and field research in two case studies of municipalities in  the Alto Lerma river zone: Xalatlaco and Santiago Tianguistenco. It is based on  the idea that inclusion-exclusion from the right to water is conditioned by the way governance arrangements are made with the community organizations participating in water management. The exploration shows that access to water in municipalities is determined by community organizations.