Significacion didactica y de impacto social de la conformacion del Comité Tecnico de Emergencias UMSA, durante la crisis del agua 2016 de La Paz, Bolivia

Abstract

The Anthropogenic current era comes with the alteration of water systems by pollution and variation in their availability, which requires the updating and innovation of the hydrosanitary engineering education in relation to integrated water management including risk management, environmental and resilience to climate change. Since 2009 the qualitative research on the integrated water management insertion into the education of hydrosanitary engineering , has been identifying aspects that have contributed to form the UMSA Technical Emergency Committee during 2016 Water Crisis to which this article refers, us a case study with an interpretative approach; where the community of the Universidad Mayor de San Andres UMSA is mobilized, for contributing to the emerging crisis solution, in the shortest possible time, when the southern area of La Paz population (300,000 inhabitants approx.) are in health risk due to lack of water. The work of this community in action is an integrated alternative to social interaction, teaching and research with impact on population.