Administrative strategy for the management of drinking water in rural communities of the state of Chihuahua

Abstract

Water management in rural communities is one of the essential actions for greater efficiency in the administration and operation of drinking water systems. This is why is necessary to design strategies that supports the strengthening of the different activities carried out. The general objective of this research was to design an administrative strategy for water management in rural communities in the state of Chihuahua. The research approach was mixed, the design was non-experimental and cross-sectional, the sampling was non-probabilistic for convenience, the situation of the committees was described and analyzed, eight dimensions with their respective indicators were proposed and validated by experts. The main results obtained were that the Central Board of Water and Sanitation and the committees do not have an administrative strategy that allows knowing the current state of efficiency and sustainability. One of the essential problems in solving rural communities by the normative body is to provide support to the committees in the arrangement of their infrastructure, since the communities do not have the resources or the skills and technical knowledge to solve any problem that is presented to them in the operation. Validation through Pearson correlations, linear regression, K-means, and gap analysis allowed us to conclude that the application of the designed strategy is feasible.