WATER INFRASTRUCTURES AND INEQUALITIES IN PERI-URBAN AND RURAL AREAS OF CHACO SALTEÑO, ARGENTINA

Abstract

The article investigates the challenges faced by the Chaco region of the Salta province regarding water access and management. It analyzes the main sources of supply in historically deficient areas of service networks and investigates the complex network of policies, programs and actors that intervene in the provision of water. We will seek to account for the scope and limitations faced by decentralized water infrastructures in the region. For this we will appeal to an approach centered on water governance and the anthropology of infrastructures. The method adopted is mixed, allowing the triangulation of primary sources (interviews) and secondary sources (survey and analysis of various documents, statistics, cartography, hemerography and legislative material).