Community-led acueducto drinking water systems in the Colombian Andes: Water security under urban competition and climate change [Storymap]
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The Chingaza water system presents a unique high-mountain social-ecological system rich in biodiversity and "water" a highly valued resource. It also harbours the rich ethos of the indigenous communities and the associated legends that reverberate to this day. The local communities inhabiting these spaces have unique adaptive strategies, among which the community-led acueducto system for multiple water needs stands out as an ingenious practice that weaves the social and ecological fabric of rural societies in the Andean mountains of Colombia.
