Domestic freshwater usage under the final user perception. Evaluation of the metropolitan zone of Guadalajara

Juan Pablo Gómez-Jáuregui Abdó (1)

1 Department of Ecosystems and Environmental Informatics

Water management in urban agglomerations is a task normally handled by either public or private water supply companies, with civil society participation being almost forgotten during the decision-making process. In big cities such a Guadalajara in Mexico around 70% of the total freshwater delivered are consumed by households. From this, 7% are offered by private providers and 93% by public suppliers. However, the opinion of final consumers about the quality of water provision services is not considered. This paper presents the results of a field research carried out in the metropolitan zone of Guadalajara (MZG), which focused on analyzing the characteristics of domestic water consumption and final user's opinions about water supply services. A survey of 300 randomly selected houses was performed in MZG. Selected significant findings to be discussed include water consumption per capita distribution and the perception about water related problems.

Mots clés: Management; Sustainable development; Social conflicts.; Social conflicts

Domaines: Environnement et Société

Juan Pablo Gómez-Jáuregui Abdó. Domestic freshwater usage under the final user perception. Evaluation of the metropolitan zone of Guadalajara. 9th World Wide Workshop for Young Environmental Scientists WWW-YES-Brazil-2009: Urban waters: resource or risks?, Oct 2009, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil. ⟨hal-00593305⟩