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Tanker trucks in Chile: from the normalization of an emergency to the commodification of water

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This article examines the institutionalization and normalization of one mode of water access - water tanker trucks - in rural communities in Chile. Our findings reveal four explanations for community acceptance of this socio-technical device: challenges in measuring nationwide tanker truck usage, the tanker truck as a symbol of state presence in marginalized areas, its integration into existing practices that do not challenge water policies and its combination with local strategies. The institutionalization and normalization of this 'solution' allows for the commodification of water and the continuation and deepening of inequalities in water access for domestic consumption.

Tanker truckhybriditycommodificationruralitywater policiesclean water and sanitation

Chloe Nicolas-Artero、Gustavo Bianco-Wells

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lnstitut de Recherche pour le Developpement, UMR SENS, Montpellier, France

Centro de Ciencia del Clima y la Resiliencia, Santiago, Chile||Institute de Historia y Ciencias Sociales, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Chile||Centro de Investigacion en Dinamicas de Ecosistemas Marinos de Altas Latitudes, Valdivia, Chile

2025

International journal of water resources development

International journal of water resources development

ISSN:0790-0627
年,卷(期):2025.41(3)
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