Resumen de Community Organization and Water Sustainability

Adriana Sandoval Moreno

• This paper analyzes through the qualitative method how community organizations for irrigation and human consumption of water, face the problem of sustainability of this resource in the Lerma-Chapala region of Michoacan, Mexico. The results show, on one hand, that organizations rely on customary agreements, seek equitable distribution of water, and have a control on this function as self-management, with its own resources, skills, knowledge, and community institutional frameworks. On the other hand, there is evidence of wear and pressure on these forms of collective action, due to the production dynamics of the economic model. The contributions of these organizations for water sustainability in the region are mentioned as conclusions.