Real rights: The right to water

Abstract

The objective of this work is to promote the recognition of access to drinking water, as a universal, indivisible and imprescriptible human right. The methodology used was documentary, through the collection of feasible information regarding the subject and analysis of the information where the coincidences and disagreements of the collected bibliographic material were analyzed, evaluated and interpreted. The main results show that there is still no market for environmental or hydrological services, the mentioned experiences operate in an indirect compensation range until direct compensation is reached. It is concluded by expressing that the cultural dimension of water is too important and political to be ignored or belittled.

Keywords

• agua potable
• abastecimiento de agua
• tratamiento del agua
• derechos humanos