Abstract

MOLINA, Judith Sofía Echeverría. Regulatory Measures in Drinking Water and Sanitation, Issued by the Colombian Government in the Framework of the Economic, Social and Ecological Emergency, on the Occasion of the COVID-19 Pandemic. Prolegómenos [online]. 2021, vol.24, n.47, pp.99-116.  Epub Aug 06, 2021. ISSN 0121-182X.  https://doi.org/10.18359/prole.5107.

the article presents an analysis of the transitory provisions issued by the Government of Colombia and the Commission for the Regulation of Drinking Water and Basic Sanitation, in relation to home public services (SPD), concerning the declaration of the State of Economic, Social and Ecological Emergency in the national territory, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. After explaining the scope of the provisions issued by the Executive, the main objective of the research is to analyze challenges and opportunities for the implementation of public policies, which must be redirected from the experiences left by social distancing. The methodology used consisted in the analysis and interpretation of the exception norms issued by the Government, concerning the constitutional and legal provisions that regulate the SPD. It is concluded that, first, it is possible to make changes in the SPD public policies regarding drinking water and basic sanitation services and, secondly, people began to make a necessary association: the relationship between consumption and the price of services.

Keywords : drinking water; state of emergency; pandemic; basic sanitation; home public services.

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