MULTIPLE USES OF WATER THREE CASE STUDIES IN VALLE DEL CAUCA (COLOMBIA) Inés Restrepo-Tarquino Instituto Cinara Universidad del Valle June 2005

Golondrinas 1870 inh

Productive activities at household level Water sources for productive activities Per capita consumption People’s perception about quality

PROYECTO: OFERTA TECNOLÓGICA PARA MÚLTIPLES USOS DEL AGUA EN EL CORREGIMIENTO DE GOLONDRINAS Educational material

La Castilla 500 inh Use of available water sources

Is water in the WS enough for all uses? Wastewater use Water system use Rain water use

Water demand for livestockWater demand for irrigation Water demand for all uses

FUENTES DE AGUA EN EL CORREGIMIENTO LA CASTILLA Buscando soluciones a la situación actual en el corregimiento

Costa Rica (Ginebra) 5000 inhabitants (500 families) 1500 pigs at household level

Solutions by men (WSS committee and ONGs): To build a large “marrranera” Women´s opinion: no, pigs are our money Problems with WSS, sewerage system and wastewater treatment

Multiple uses (productive+domestic) are supplied by pipelined systems mainly Wastewater and rain water are less used than water supplied by pipelined systems In La Castilla, 1/3 of the users use between lt/ihn*day, 2/3 use less than 250 lt/inh*day for all uses Some productive activities at the household level have consequences on the wastewater management CONCLUSIONS

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