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Sarar Transformacion showcase alternative technologies at the World Social Forum
Over 1,000 people visited the Ecological Demonstration House in Mexico City where FAN-Mex members, including Sarar, promoted ecological sanitation, portable toilets, urban agriculture, solar heaters, solar stoves and organic produce. As a result of the success of the event, they were invited to make a traveling stand for the eco house.
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SARAR make use of students’ skills for water preservation
Students in industrial and graphic design, finance, advertising and communications from Ibero University in Santa Fe are working with SARAR to develop strategies and materials for dissemination of the Turi Tepoz Verde project which aims to create alternatives for water preservation in the tourist landmarks of Tepoztlan. Partnership in conservation leads to successful rehabilitation of national park
Pronatura joined forces with the National Commission for Natural Protected Areas and the Modelo Group in 2001 with an ambitious program of rehabilitation, protection and conservation in the Iztaccíhuatl-Popocatépetl National Park.
Seven years on, more than 55 million litres of water have been captured, 10,000 tons of solid waste removed and around 16,000 students have participated in the environmental education program.
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FAN-Mex member provides water quality monitoring solution for Mexico City
The Health Ministry, National Water Commission (CNA) and the National Businesses Association of Water and Sanitation (ANEAS) are supporting an initiative of the Water Bodies Network of Mexico City to regulate the quality of Mexico City’s water distribution systems.
They propose to monitor the presence of toxins produced from the excess of nitrogen and phosphate concentration from agricultural, urban and industrial waste water which pose a health risk for humans and animals.
The Water Bodies Network of Mexico City applauds the initiative of institutions such as the Health Ministry and the National Water Commission (CNA) as well as the National Businesses Association of Water and Sanitation (ANEAS) that have supported the project of a bill that looks to establish water quality, control and vigilance of the water distribution systems. These measurements are to include the permissible levels of phytotoxins with the maximum concentration of microcistin-LR of a level of 1 µg/L. This toxin is produced by cianobateria that develops in superficial water along with the excess of nitrogen and phosphorus that are incorporated in water bodies into drainages systems, this necessarily puts at risk the health of populations, a common problem in water bodies in Mexico. If approved, this norm will allow for solution strategies to be developed.
Link to the bill (Spanish)
Link to cianobacteria and microcistin information (Spanish) FAN Mex forms strategic partnership with UN-Habitat Water for Cities Program
UN-HABITAT has initiated activities in Mexico in partnership with Freshwater Action Network under a new initiative, the Water and Sanitation for Cities Programme in Latin America and the Caribbean.
The main objective of the programme is to increase access to water supply and sanitation services, especially to the poorest communities inhabiting peri-urban areas, and to support the implementation of integrated water resources management at the urban level.
To achieve these objectives the programme has established important strategic alliances with a diversity of regional and local stakeholders, including the IADB, the National Water Commission, the Ecatepec Municipal Authority, the local public water utility, local community-based organisations, SARAR-Transformation, IRRI and FAN. These organisations will work together through participatory methods in the design, implementation and monitoring of a short and long-term water strategy for Ecatepec. UNHABITAT expects to go ahead with other similar projects in the country and also in other countries in the region. Freshwater Action Network has proven a strategic partner in this endeavour.
Public observatory to increase citizen participation in water service provision
The Water Advisory Council and the Gonzalo Rio Arronte Foundation organized the launch workshop for the Public Water Observatory in the city of Saltillo, Mexico.
This Observatory seeks to establish itself as a space through which citizens can participate in the monitoring and evaluation of their water provision service, through the periodical and recurrent use of tools for measuring public opinion regarding the quality of water services. The workshop benefited from the participation of international organizations such as Transparencia Mexicana (the Mexican chapter of Transparency International) and UN - Habitat.
This initiative will widen the spaces for public participation and accountability, with the overall purpose of improving service quality and, through it, quality of life for the citizens of Saltillo.
This is the first city where this exercise will occur, although short-term plans exist for Public Water Observatories in other cities in Mexico.
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