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Water Uses in Valle del Cauca, Colombia: Case Studies

Explore water usage in Golondrinas and La Castilla, including sources, consumption, perceptions, and challenges. Discover solutions for multiple water demands in these communities.

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Water Uses in Valle del Cauca, Colombia: Case Studies

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

  2. Golondrinas 1870 inh

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

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

  5. Use of available water sources La Castilla 500 inh

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

  7. Water demand for all uses Water demand for livestock Water demand for irrigation

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

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

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

  11. CONCLUSIONS 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 150-200 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

  12. THANKS FOR YOUR ATTENTION

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