El derecho al agua potable en el Estado Social de Derecho, papel del Juez Contencioso Administrativo en su protección

Abstract

This article aims to expose the role of the Administrative Judge in protecting the right to water in Boyacá, through the protection of the public service of drinking water supply, based on the analysis of jurisprudence issued within the means of control of protection of collective rights and interests or also called popular action that took place in the first or second instance in the Administrative Tribunal of Boyacá. The findings of the investigation show that this Corporation has maintained over time, decisions recognizing and protecting access to water for human consumption in its collective manifestation, through ordering the efficient and adequate provision of the public service of drinking water supply. The characteristics of the precedent set, its validity in the present and some conclusions are described in the body of the following text.