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Título : | The vital minimum amount of drinking water required in Ecuador |
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Autor: | Martinez Moscoso, Fernando Andres Aguilar Feijo, Victor Gerardo Verdugo Silva, Julio Teodoro |
Correspondencia: | Martinez Moscoso, Fernando Andres, andres.martinez@ucuenca.edu.ec |
Palabras clave : | Drinking Water Minimum Vital Of Drinking Water Human Right To Water Ecuador Family Income Public Services |
Área de conocimiento FRASCATI amplio: | 5. Ciencias Sociales |
Área de conocimiento FRASCATI detallado: | 5.6.2 Administración Pública |
Área de conocimiento FRASCATI específico: | 5.6 Ciencias Políticas |
Área de conocimiento UNESCO amplio: | 03 - Ciencias Sociales, Periodismo e Información |
ÁArea de conocimiento UNESCO detallado: | 0312 - Ciencias Políticas y Educación Cívica |
Área de conocimiento UNESCO específico: | 031 - Ciencias Sociales y Ciencias del Comportamiento |
Fecha de publicación : | 2018 |
Volumen: | volumen 7, número 1 |
Fuente: | Resources |
metadata.dc.identifier.doi: | 10.3390/resources7010015 |
Tipo: | ARTÍCULO |
Abstract: | In 2017, the government of Ecuador established the minimum quantity of water required to be provided for free by drinking water utilities. Ecuador recognized the access to water as a fundamental human right because it guarantees the good living, known as “Sumak kawsay”, an indigenous Andean concept, in the Ecuadorian Constitution. This represents a novel approach to water rights in the world, as it is the first attempt to establish a minimum quantity of water under a constitutional guarantee by legislation, rather than regulation or judicial decision. However, this novel legislative approach raises the question of how this minimum amount of free water will impact the most vulnerable members of the Ecuadorian community. This paper provides the results of the first comprehensive research of the minimum required water provision in Ecuador. In order to measure the impact on the income of households, we built a methodology integrating: doctrinaire analyses, normative studies, and economic analyses. According to the Ecuadorian legislation, over-consumption of raw water generates additional costs that must be paid by water companies to the central government. In that regard, there is an inevitable relationship between the efficiency of the service and those additional costs. Efficiency, on this case, is the capacity of water companies (public or private) to provide water services at an adequate price, observing the following parameters: quantity, quality and sufficiency. Our research found that with this legislation in three Ecuadorian local governments (Cuenca, Gualaceo and Suscal), the most vulnerable households (i.e., low-income and/or indigenous households) will be affected the most. This means that and those families will spend the most part of their income on water services otherwise they would have to reduce their water consumption. |
Resumen : | In 2017, the government of Ecuador established the minimum quantity of water required to be provided for free by drinking water utilities. Ecuador recognized the access to water as a fundamental human right because it guarantees the good living, known as “Sumak kawsay”, an indigenous Andean concept, in the Ecuadorian Constitution. This represents a novel approach to water rights in the world, as it is the first attempt to establish a minimum quantity of water under a constitutional guarantee by legislation, rather than regulation or judicial decision. However, this novel legislative approach raises the question of how this minimum amount of free water will impact the most vulnerable members of the Ecuadorian community. This paper provides the results of the first comprehensive research of the minimum required water provision in Ecuador. In order to measure the impact on the income of households, we built a methodology integrating: doctrinaire analyses, normative studies, and economic analyses. According to the Ecuadorian legislation, over-consumption of raw water generates additional costs that must be paid by water companies to the central government. In that regard, there is an inevitable relationship between the efficiency of the service and those additional costs. Efficiency, on this case, is the capacity of water companies (public or private) to provide water services at an adequate price, observing the following parameters: quantity, quality and sufficiency. Our research found that with this legislation in three Ecuadorian local governments (Cuenca, Gualaceo and Suscal), the most vulnerable households (i.e., low-income and/or indigenous households) will be affected the most. This means that and those families will spend the most part of their income on water services otherwise they would have to reduce their water consumption. |
URI : | http://www.mdpi.com/2079-9276/7/1/15 |
URI Fuente: | http://www.mdpi.com/2079-9276/7/1 |
ISSN : | 2079-9276 |
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