Progress on 6.1 in rural sub-Saharan Africa Safely Managed Drinking Water Services for Rural Populations – the Last Mile Stockholm World Water Week, 28 August 2019 Rick Johnston [email protected] Tom Slaymaker [email protected]
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 [email protected]
Tom Slaymaker [email protected]
SDG Drinking Water Ladder
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Imp
rove
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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)
4
Five
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
5
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
7
40
30
20
10
0
-10
3 countries > 20 percentage points
Senegal (30!), Gambia, Mauritania
Growth in non-piped improved water
8
60
40
20
0
-20
-40
11 countries > 20 percentage points
Somalia (53!!), Mozambique, Tanzania, Ethiopia
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Growth in surface water
9
20
10
0
-10
-20
-30
-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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3 0
36 34
5 9
Basic water coverage, national (2017) Basic water coverage, rural (2017)
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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.