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Progress on 6.1 in rural sub-Saharan AfricaSafely Managed Drinking Water Services for Rural Populations – the Last Mile

Stockholm World Water Week, 28 August 2019

Rick Johnston johnstonr@who.int

Tom Slaymaker tslaymaker@unicef.org

SDG Drinking Water Ladder

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Target 6.1: By 2030, achieve universal and equitableaccess to safe and affordable drinking water for all

Regional status and trends

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Regional status and trends (rural)

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Water supply types

Water Supply Groundwater

Piped water Maybe

Protected wells Yes

Protected springs Yes

Rainwater No

Packaged water Likely

Delivered water Likely

Unprotected wells Yes

Unprotected springs Yes

Surface water No

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Other Improved

Unimproved

Less common sources (rural Africa)

• Rainwater

– >40% in Comoros

– 15-20% in a few countries: Djibouti, Tunisia, Eswatini, Angola

• Packaged (bottled/sachet) water

– Very low, except for Ghana ~10%

• Tanker/delivered water

– 5-10% in Senegal, Sudan, Somalia, Ethiopia, Algeria

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Growth in piped water, 2000-2017

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3 countries > 20 percentage points

Senegal (30!), Gambia, Mauritania

Growth in non-piped improved water

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-20

-40

11 countries > 20 percentage points

Somalia (53!!), Mozambique, Tanzania, Ethiopia

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Growth in surface water

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-40

-50

4 countries increased

Lesotho, Djibouti, Niger, Zimbabwe

6 countries decreased by > 20 points

Somalia (-46!)

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Progress towards universal basic water coverage, sub-Saharan Africa

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Basic water coverage, national (2017) Basic water coverage, rural (2017)

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Accessibility on premises

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Availability when needed

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Quality: free from E. coli

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How reliant are rural populations in sub-Saharan Africa on a groundwater point

source for their main drinking water

supply?

Note that piped supplies can also rely on groundwater but this is not reflected in JMP data.