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AQUACOL - associative community management of water and sanitationSecond-tier association that brings together community-based organizations providing water and sanitation services in rural and peri-urban areas of Valle del Cauca and Cauca. It emerged from the associative strengthening process among community aqueducts supported by the CINARA Institute (AGUA 1998 event) and obtained legal status in 2001; the Mondomo aqueduct was a founding node and operates as a Community Water Learning Center.La Voragine - integrated ecological water and sanitation system (ASOVORAGINE)Peri-urban community on the banks of the Pance River, near Cali, that since 1997 has autonomously operated an integrated, ecological drinking water and wastewater treatment system through ASOVORAGINE. It manages the aqueduct (new system delivered in 2025), operates a treatment plant (PTAR) that treats the wastewater before discharging it into the Pance River, and carries out micro-watershed reforestation and environmental education. Evaluated as a historical case of the DESAFIO project by CINARA.Collegiate Body of Guardians of the Atrato RiverFollowing Ruling T-622 of 2016, which recognized the Atrato River as a subject of rights, a Commission of Guardians was created: the Ministry of Environment as the river's legal representative and a Collegiate Body of 14 community guardians representing more than 300 Afro-descendant and indigenous communities of the basin. They monitor compliance with the ruling and push for the decontamination of water sources and the construction of aqueduct and sewerage systems, in the face of the crisis caused by illegal mining and mercury.Guajira Azul - public standpipe model for dispersed Wayuu populationProgram of the Ministry of Housing (vice-ministry of Water and Basic Sanitation) that implements a water distribution model for dispersed rural population in La Guajira through public standpipe modules adapted to Wayuu customs. Each module captures, treats and distributes drinking water to dozens of communities. By 2021 it had raised dispersed rural aqueduct coverage from 4% (2017) to 19.4%, with modules delivered (Casa Azul 2019, Wimpeshi 2021, Sararao) and new ones under construction for ~22,000 Wayuu.La Guajira Departmental Water Plan (World Bank project of specialized operators and rural reservoirs)Water and sanitation infrastructure and service management project in La Guajira (2007-2018) financed by the World Bank. It introduced specialized operators for urban service provision in seven municipalities, built 10 rainwater reservoirs for rural Wayuu communities, and expanded micrometering and quality monitoring. It benefited ~409,160 urban residents with water and ~362,131 with sanitation; it reduced rural water hauling time from more than 5 hours to less than 1 hour. The PDA pilot proved replicable and was scaled to all 32 departments.Tarun Bharat Sangh johad rainwater harvesting revivalTarun Bharat Sangh (TBS) revives traditional rainwater harvesting structures (johads) managed by community village assemblies in semi-arid Alwar, Rajasthan. Since its first johad in 1985, the model recharges aquifers, refills wells and has rehydrated rivers that had been dry for decades, with community rules for water and watershed use.
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Water and sanitation in developing countries: including health in the equationAmerican Chemical Society, Environmental Science & Technology, 41(1), 17-24 · 2007 · paperdocumentCommunity-managed water supplies in Africa: sustainable or dispensable?Oxford University Press, Community Development Journal, 42(3), 365-378 · 2007 · paperdocumentHow well is the demand-driven, community management model for rural water supply systems doing? Evidence from Bolivia, Peru and GhanaIWA Publishing, Water Policy, 11(6), 696-718 · 2009 · paperdocumentImplications of Frugal Innovations on Sustainable Development: Evaluating Water and Energy InnovationsMDPI, Sustainability, 8(1), 4 · 2016 · paperdocument