Abstract

CERVANTES-COCOM, Grisel  and  CHAN-CEH, Camilo Gabriel. Water management and environmental education as facilitators of sustainable tourism development in Valladolid, Yucatan. Tecnol. cienc. agua [online]. 2020, vol.11, n.5, pp.31-91.  Epub June 10, 2024. ISSN 2007-2422.  https://doi.org/10.24850/j-tyca-2020-05-02.

With the information obtained from two companies of tourist turn whose main attraction is the recreational use of cenotes, analyzed the characteristics of uses, consumption, costs and legal requirements in environmental matters. In addition to this was conducted an experimental study of environmental education with the workers of enterprises, in the domains of knowledge, management and environmental awareness. The objective was to diagnose the water resource management and the level of environmental education, to make a proposal for improvement. The results obtained for the pilot study showed that the level of environmental education had a statistically significant difference between the scores obtained before and after the delivery of the workshop to the workers chosen at random. The workshop was established in accordance to the analysis of probabilities between each of the ratings of the level of environmental education which, as a result, were not the same and due to the fact that the greater percentage of employees was basic, the workshop will be provided from this level. The proposal to deploy in enterprises was to change its system of water storage in tanks or septic tanks by small biological treatment plants. Ultimately it was recommended that septic tanks together with an oxidative treatment. To make more efficient water consumption is recommended the use of energy-saving technology, all kinds of ads that motivate the water savings, public awareness campaigns for workers and establish environmental policies.

Keywords : Environmental education; management; water resource management; environmental awareness.