To implement a strategy for the sustainable management of supply systems groundwater operated by windmills in indigenous communities in the department, Corpoguajira and Cerrejón Foundation for Water in La Guajira (FCAG), They signed an association agreement valued at $442.147.500 and it has projected benefit 11.250 people.

As part of this alliance solar technology for extraction of groundwater will also be explored in partnership with DURESPO, manufacturer of solar pumps. installation costs will be assessed, maintenance and efficiency. The role of the community in this pilot will be vital because it will not only be a beneficiary of the system, but operator technology.

The windmills are one of the best known mechanisms by rural indigenous communities in La Guajira for the extraction of groundwater, especially in those areas where surface water sources are scarce.

Corpoguajira and non-profit organizations such as FCAG develop projects to repair windmills so that communities have access to water. But a few months, depending on the quality of the well and weather conditions, it requires maintenance to ensure optimum operation. That is why one of the great challenges is to design and implement a sustainability scheme where there is a high level of ownership by the community.

Appropriating see that translated in the capacity of communities to identify timely preventive repair of the mills and be trained to do it themselves.

This project also seeks to involve communities and local institutions in the administration, financing and manteniemiento of water supply systems, Twenty-operated mills, Also improve the information available on rural supply systems groundwater, for more effective implementation of sectoral policies.