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● projectActive · subnational · 2006

Cántaro Azul - Sistemas de Agua Segura and community management

A foundation established in 2006 that designs, implements and evaluates safe water, hygiene and sanitation solutions with community participation in Chiapas and other states.

Green manual hand water pump standing alone outdoorsillustrative atlas image · Herbert Goetsch / Unsplash
FCFundación Cántaro Azul (Cántaro Azul A.C.)ngoFRFermin Reygadas
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01 The context

Its Sistemas de Agua Segura (SAS) use membrane filtration and UV disinfection to provide drinking water in schools and rural communities; it operates the programs Agua Segura en Escuelas, Gestión Comunitaria (NuestrAgua), Gobernanza del Agua and Atención a Emergencias.

02 How it works

method · Water quality diagnosis and monitoring with a rights-based approachmethod · Community water managementtool · Water quality database (TaroWorks platform)tool · Safe Water System (SAS): membrane filtration + UV disinfection

03 What it stands on

Evidence level
Own experience
Grounded in published theory
Documented evidence elsewhere
Independently evaluated here
Peer-reviewed research documents this project: the strongest evidence level in the atlas.
The evidence 2 ›
EvidenceInforme colaborativo Chiapas por el Agua 2024Cántaro Azul y colaboradores · 2024
EvidenceEvaluación cuantitativa del riesgo microbiológico por consumo de agua en San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas, MéxicoTecnología y Ciencias del Agua (IMTA) · 2017

04 Go to the source

Visit the official site ↗cantaroazul.org