An Alternative to the Governance of Water Services in Mexico: The Model of the New Water Culture

Authors : O Alberto POMBO, Ricardo V SANTESÁLVAREZ

Pages : 1-15

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Publication Date : 2016-07-13

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :The conventional image of governance is yielding to novel ways of exercising power. Initially The New Public Management insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(NPM); was promoted as the best alternative to the conventional model to increase the efficiency in the delivery of services; but the NPM is confronted with the idea that public action should favor the interaction between actors rather than the material aspects of the management. This concept is at the root of governance, which encourages good relations between public, private and social, promising to be the best way to resolve matters in democracies. In water management, several experiments suggest that the use of a `tripartite” model guarantees resource governance by allowing the participation of public, private and social sectors. The model of the New Water Culture insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(NWC); is an option that departs from the conventional approach insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(which focuses on the demand side of the problem and promotes solutions through public works); and public-private-partnership insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(PPP); models insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(which considers the social sector only as a `client`); to create a tripartite model of administration with public-private-social participation. Although Mexico has no experience of the NWC, there is a basis for implementation. In order to implement it in Mexico there is a need to develop new institutional conditions, to create innovative figures such as neighborhood committees for water management to oversee the quality of services and define together with the administrative authority the way the private sector associates with the public operator in order to improve the quality of the service
Keywords : new water culture, water management