The study was carried out in the Chapra Puerto Pijuayal community, with the purpose of identifying and analyzing the traditional knowledge and practices used for the environmental management of access to water resources. It is a non-experimental quantitative research of the exploratory type - descriptive, analytical, transversal. The primary information was collected with a structured survey with a Cronbach's Alpha reliability level of 0.801, applied to the population who can communicate in Spanish and indigenous leaders of the Chapra Autonomous Government. The normality of the data - Shapiro Wilk reports that the data are normal, so the Pearson correlation test was used and it allowed us to conclude: Traditional knowledge and practices in water management have proven to be valuable elements for environmental sustainability and community resilience. Although oral traditions continue to b...