📋 Tender Overview
Workshops were held in Abancay (Apurimac) and in the district of Mollepata, province of Anta (Cusco).The National Water Authority (ANA), an entity attached to the Ministry of Agrarian Development and Irrigation (MIDAGRI), developed training workshops aimed at the new boards of directors of the water user organizations in the Medio Apurimac Pachachaca area, with the aim of strengthening their knowledge about the regulatory framework and water resource management.
The sessions were organized through the Medio Apurimac Pachachaca Local Water Administration (ALA MAP) and were aimed at the recently elected directors of boards, commissions and committees of water users. During the workshops, the scope of Law No. 29338, Water Resources Law, as well as Law No. 31801, regulations that regulate water user organizations and promote the strengthening of their participation in the multisectoral management of water resources, were addressed.
One of the activities was carried out in the district of Mollepata, province of Anta, Cusco region, with the participation of representatives of the user committees of the Humantay and Rio Blanco hydraulic subsectors, belonging to the Board of Users of the Middle Minor Hydraulic Sector Apurimac Colorado River Basin Class C (JUSHMMACRC). In this space, topics related to organizational management were developed, highlighting the importance of the Operation, Maintenance and Development Plan for Hydraulic Infrastructure (POMDHI) and the Crop and Irrigation Plan as fundamental tools for the proper administration of water in the agricultural sector.
During the workshop, the results of water quality monitoring carried out in bodies of water located in areas considered sensitive due to the tourist influx in the Mollepata district, where local authorities have warned of alleged effects on water resources, were also presented.
Likewise, the specialists spoke about the delimitation of marginal strips and the importance of surveillance roads, reporting that the ANA has issued directive resolutions that establish the marginal strips of the Humantay and Salkantay lagoons, as well as the rivers that originate from them. In this context, the District Municipality of Mollepata expressed its commitment to implement actions aimed at its compliance.
A similar training was previously carried out in the city of Abancay, aimed at the members of the new board of directors of the Board of Users of the Medium Apurimac Pachachaca Hydraulic Sector (JUSHMAP), where the functions, responsibilities and management tools that strengthen the work of user organizations in water administration were addressed.
The recently elected presidents of the JUSHMMACRC and the JUSHMAP highlighted the importance of these capacity-building sessions and pointed out the need to periodically replicate them at the levels of user commissions and committees, in order to consolidate efficient and participatory management of water resources in the basin.
