Case Study #102

Petorca and La Ligua basins - in the communes of La Ligua, Cabildo, and Petorca

The province Petorca has been facing long-lasting water scarcity causing problems of distribution, and thus, conflicts between citizens, avocado farmers and water providers. Current coordination approaches show low participation by the actors. (copyright: ibtimes)

Governance Level

local

Water management topics addressed

Drought & water scarcity; Water abstraction for irrigation and other economic activities

#102: Petorca and La Ligua basins - in the communes of La Ligua, Cabildo, and Petorca

Description

The province of Petorca has been facing an ongoing water scarcity causing problems of distribution and welfare. This has led to a conflict between citizens, small- and large-scale farmers, and water providers. Besides climate change, the expansion of large-scale agriculture of avocado and citruses as well as a lack of regulative power and compliance assurance challenge . Besides the traditional water users’ organizations for agricultural water and potable water, coordinating approaches in Petorca are voluntary water round tables, governmental programs to advise small-scale farmers on less-water intensive farming strategies, and the establishment of a monitoring system build by the users at river basin scale (Junta de Vigilancia). Nevertheless, most of those coordination approaches show low participation by the actors.

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