Wastewater Problems in Rural Communities, Their Influence on Sustainable Management in Protected Areas

Abstract

Managing wastewater treatment is a valuable alternative for water resource depuration and reuse in small rural communities. This is actually a common practice and is being implemented in territorial planning, based on sustainable use of the diverse systems. Despite the advantages and positive experiences obtained by the use of these techniques in small human settlements, its influence as criteria to evaluate the effectiveness of the natural spaces management can be understood by the administration and management team as a healthy indicator of the ecosystems coming from “secondary effects and reactions”. This paper presents methodological bases for the union of wastewater management as a key factor for standard procedures for protected areas, taking into account the phases of diagnostic, normative, programmatic and cartography.