Valoración económica del recurso hídrico suministrado por Agua Santa E.S.P.

Abstract

Water is a social right, which directly intervenes in the quality of life of the population, regulates the ecosystem processes and is a fundamental part of some production techniques of the current economy; for this reason, this resource of natural origin is an essential element for the socioeconomic development of the regions, since the use of this good contributes to the construction of comparative and competitive advantages of the territories; Given the above, it is important that the provision of this service aligns with minimum standards of drinkability, accessibility and adequate infrastructure of the service, mainly in terms of water destined for domestic use, this framed in the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) number 6 “Clean water and sanitation” on water purification as a social factor. For the development of this field work, the analytical methodology will be used through the application of a perception survey to the subscribers of the Agua Santa E.S.P. seeking to identify the perception by the community in the face of a hypothetical change in the improvement of water quality and in the provision of the service as a public good. This research is developed theoretically through the contributions of classical economics, some postulates of welfare economics and the data obtained will be analyzed by means of descriptive statistics.