espanolEl ano 2006 se preparo la campana de convocar el Referendo del agua para garantizar su derecho fundamental. Con esta campana tambien se da inicio a la defensa de los acueductos comunitarios y la propia autogestion de la comunidad para garantizar su propio derecho.Colombia vive un momento especial en defensa de sus derechos de la naturaleza a partir de los acuerdos de pazy hoy es necesario entrar a regular la autogestion comunitaria del agua. El problema de la investigacion se concentra en analizar si al proteger esa autorregulacion comunitaria del agua se podra garantizar el derecho al agua como un bien de interes publico.Metodologicamente se utilizo fuentes documentales, informes de acueductos comunitarios, organismos de control. aplicando los metodos -deductivo, inductivo y analisis en el diagnostico del cumplimiento del acceso al agua potable como un derecho en las comunidades que administran el recurso hidrico. EnglishIn 2006, the campaign to call the Water Referendum was prepared to guarantee its fundamental right. This campaign also begins the defense of community aqueducts and the community’s own self-management to guarantee its own right. Colombia is living a special moment in defense of its naturalization rights, based on peace agreements, and today it is necessary to regulate the community’s self-management of water. The problem of research is focused on analyzing whether protecting the community’s self-regulation of water can guarantee the right to water as a good of public interest. Methodologically, documentary sources, reports of community aqueducts, control organisms were used. applying deductive, inductive and analysis methods in the diagnosis of compliance with access to drinking water as a right in the communities that administer the water resource.