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Table 10.1 (continued)

Case area Scale Institution/governance mechanism/adaptive action Explanation/example

Basin Mesa Technica de Aconcagua

Regional round table for interested stakeholders for
the Aconcagua Project.

Informal group of stakeholders in the basin, mainly agricultural
actors, that is lobbying for the construction of the Aconcagua
Project. The group consists of hydrologists, farmers,
representatives from the DOH, as well as CODELCO and
COLBUN.

Turno between Sections
The turno is the process employed during drought
periods to manage a proportional reduction of
water rights and distribution of water to
different users on a specific daily schedule.

The system is a management mechanisms to reduce the
amount of water each rights holder receives, while
attempting to ensure that all the rights holders do receive a
proportion of their water rights. The turno is divided into
shifts, which last a certain number of days. Turno occur
between for example, if there are five zones to a canal,
each zone will receive water for 7 days. So the first zone is
allocated water for 1 week, and then the next 4 weeks they
receive no water. During the time that it doesn't receive
water, the zone is dry, and the other zones are allocated
water in their shifts.

Local Junta de Vigilancia (Vigilance Committee) and

comprising Association de Canalistas (Canal
Association)
These user based associations manage water
allocation within and between sections of the
river according to property rights and availabil-
ity. They are responsible for coordinating
proportional reduction amongst the members of
the junta or canal association based on daily
monitoring of the level of river flow.

Private negotiation is common between user associations
across different sections of the river, and amongst the
different sectoral actors (agriculture & water supply). The
managers of the Juntas negotiate with the DGA to
intervener not intervene in the management of the basin.