“…In general, Mexican studies have focused on the performance of Basin Councils, Basin Committees, Irrigation Water Committees and Groundwater Technical Committees (COTAS). The researchers have encountered limitations in the participation processes derived from de management model, centralism, institutional federal control, participatory mechanisms limited to public consultation and the poor quality of information (Castro et al, 2004;Mussetta, 2009;Wester et al, 2009;Guerrero-de León et al, 2010;Marañón, 2010;Hernández-Suárez, 2011;Aguilar-Barajas et al, 2016;Parra-Armenta & Salazar-Adams, 2018). Nonetheless, the empiric information is still limited for 2019, Instituto Mexicano de Tecnología del Agua Open Access bajo la licencia CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) comparative analysis on better institutional practices, participants" characteristics and the contexts that produce better results in the performance of participation methods and mechanisms.…”