The native people of Milpa Alta and its problems around access to water

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to identify the main perceptions that the members of this native people have about access to water, as well as some of the responses that they have given in organized way and the proposals for a solution. For the analysis in this work, the political ecology approach is taken up. The results indicate that the milpaltenses consider that the lack of access to water is the result of the privatization of the water supply and the unequal distribution of access to water compared to other areas of the city. The milpaltenses have organized and demand from the city government a better service and the cancellation of the payment of water, since in their territory are the recharge zones of the aquifers.