墨西哥阿瓜斯卡连特斯市30年的饮用水服务特许经营权结束时社会包容和环境正义的平衡

IF 2.4 Q3 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
Alex Ricardo Caldera Ortega, Daniel Tagle Zamora
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30年前,饮用水和污水处理服务特许权被授予一家私营公司,该公司最终成为墨西哥阿瓜斯卡连特斯市威立雅集团的一部分。现在,有必要对形势进行评估。当地政府选择不再续签合同,并进一步选择将该系统及其管理公有化。本文从政治生态学的角度进行了评估,重点关注两个维度:社会包容和环境正义。主要结果是在水商品化的框架内,服务运营主要将用户视为必须及时支付费用的客户,而城市的增长则被视为商机。市场环境保护主义的逻辑也限制了为该地区未来保护水资源的各种选择的探索。目前,饮用水服务所依赖的地下水资源严重过度开采的问题未能得到解决,这既危害了人口用水的基本权利,也危害了城市的可持续性。墨西哥阿瓜斯卡连特斯的案例意义重大,因为它不仅代表了私营公司参与该国提供饮用水服务的首次尝试,而且也是合同条款达成的第一个实例。因此,地方当局选择将这项服务公有化,由一个公共组织管理。
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Balance on social inclusion and environmental justice at the end of the 30 years of the drinking water service concession in the city of Aguascalientes, Mexico
After three decades since the concession for drinking water and sewerage services was granted to a private company, which eventually became part of the Veolia group in the city of Aguascalientes, Mexico, it is necessary to assess the situation. The local government chose not to renew the contract and, furthermore, opted to remunicipalize the system and its management. This document provides an evaluation from the perspective of political ecology, which focuses on two dimensions: social inclusion and environmental justice. The primary outcomes are within the framework of water commodification, where the service operation primarily views users as customers who must pay their fees promptly, while the city’s growth is seen as a business opportunity. The logic of market environmentalism also restricts the exploration of options to secure water resources for the region’s future. Currently, there is a failure to address the substantial overexploitation of groundwater sources that the drinking water service relies upon, which jeopardizes both the population’s fundamental right to water and the city’s sustainability. The case of Aguascalientes, Mexico, is significant because it represents not only the initial foray into private company involvement in providing drinking water services in this country but also stands as the first instance where the contractual term concluded. Consequently, local authorities opted for remunicipalizing the service to be administered by a public organization.
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