Water, sanitation & hygiene(WASH) fact sheet

WASHaccess

Percentageof people

with access

Punjabfacts

Waterfacts

Watersupplysources

94%Improved

water

75%Improvedsanitation

78%Washing hands

with water& soap

Urban37%

Population Administrative divisions

Rural63%

110 million

Districts

Tehsils

Towns

36141

38

Union councils

Villages

4,01525,914

Household17m

Overall accessto improved water

Use of basic drinking water services

Use of safelymanageddrinking water

improvedwater is contaminated

49%average water supply per day

4 hrs

89%94% 55%

Piped Hand pump Motorised Others

Urban

Rural

9% 28% 47% 16%

35%

18% 28% 45% 9% 18% 28% 45% 9%

7% 40% 18%

Piped Hand pump Motorised Others

Richest

Poorest

4% 11% 80% 5%

41% 40% 2% 17%

Punjabprovince

1

2

4

5,6

78

3

Sanitationcoverage

52% householdshave accessto septic tanks

villages, wherepeople are stilldefecating in the open

of the population have no sewerage/drainage facility

people have a handwashing facility with water & soap

Sanitationfacts

Zero%of populationis using safely managedsanitation.10

Hygienefacts

Implicationsof unsafewater, sanitationand hygiene

27,00075%childrendie each year from related diarrhoealdiseases

*based on JMP data, however, Punjab has operationalwaste water treatment plants at Faisalabad, Multan,Rahim Yar Khan and some tehsils.

Overall access Use of basicsanitationservices

Use of safelymanagedsanitation facility

66% 51%75%

Sewerage Septic Tanks

Pit latrines

Unimproved Open defecation

Urban

Rural

4% 49% 14% 8% 25%21% 44% 9% 7% 18% 21% 44% 9% 7% 18%

56% 34% 2% 7% 1%

Sewerage Septic Tanks

Pitlatrines

Unimproved Open defecation

Richest

Poorest

1% 12% 12% 5% 70%

62% 35% 1% 2% 0%

Under fivemortality

Incidence of diarrhoea

Stuntingprevalence

Under weightprevalence

Wasting

Illiteracy rate(10+ years)

96/1000 17%34%

34%17%39%

lives

Rural73%

Urban93%

79%

18,809 49%

households dispose waste inopen fields

9

10

11

12

14

15

16

17

13

4

Percentage ofhouseholds usingsafely managedwater by district(PHED)

60>80

40>60

20>40

<20No dataavailable

80>100

58%

61%

95%

Mianwali

NankanaSahib

Khushab

Bhakkar

Layyah

D.G.Khan

Rawalpindi

Chakwal

Gujarat

Jehlum

Attock

Sargodha

Chiniot

Jhang

Khanewal

Multan

Toba Tek Singh

Faisalabad

Rajanpur

Rahim YarKhan

Bahawalpur

Muzaffargarh

Lodhran

Vihari

Bahawalnagar

Pakpattan

Okara

Kasur

Lahore

Sahiwal

Sheikhupura

Hafizabad Gujranwala

MandiBahauddin

Narowal

Sialkot

83%

82%

77%

93%

94%

69%

67%77%

76%

73%

66%

66%

61%

56%

56%

54%

50%

44%

42%

8%

18%

20%

11%

41%

40%

39%

9%

84%

81%

39%

27%

54%

Urban49%

water supply schemes

4,823Totalnumberof schemes

35%of the schemes arenon-functional

Improved: Piped into house or compound or plot; piped to neighbour, public tap, tube well, hand pump, motorised pump, protected well, protected spring, bottled water.Unimproved: Unprotected well, spring, pond, tanker truck, cart with small tank/drum, surface water (river, dam, lake).

18%of thepopulationis unserved

Water coverage

Water coverage in Punjab

18

28

19

Punjab

Rural56%

Sanitation coverage

Improvedsanitationservices by district

70>90

50>70

30>50

<30

90>100

69%

77%

51%

Mianwali

NankanaSahib

Khushab

Bhakkar

Layyah

D.G.Khan

Rawalpindi

Chakwal

Gujarat

Jehlum

Attock

Sargodha

Chiniot

Jhang

Khanewal

Multan

Toba Tek Singh

Faisalabad

Rajanpur

Rahim YarKhan

Bahawalpur

Muzaffargarh

Lodhran

Vihari

Bahawalnagar

Pakpattan

Okara

Kasur

Lahore

Sahiwal

Sheikhupura

Hafizabad Gujranwala

MandiBahauddin

Narowal

Sialkot

46%

52%

71%

69%

69%

83%

80%77%

92%

83%

50%

57%

59%

82%

63%

54%

67%

97%

93%

93%

64%

56%

55%

96%

92%

76%

91%

78%

59%

80%

85%

89%

Improved sanitationin Punjab

75%

Rural67%

Urban92%

59%

Urban

Total schemes Rural Urban

20

7,019 1836,836

21

Safely managed sanitation facility: Private improved facility where faecal wastes are safely disposed on site or transported or treated o�-site, plus a hand washing facility with soap and water.Improved sanitation: facilities that hygienically separates human excreta from human contact.

Punjab

Handwashingwith water andsoap by district

60>80

40>60

20>40

<20

80>100

76.70

86%

74%

Mianwali

NankanaSahib

Khushab

Bhakkar

Layyah

D.G.Khan

Rawalpindi

Chakwal

Gujarat

Jehlum

Attock

Sargodha

Chiniot

Jhang

Khanewal

Toba Tek Singh

Faisalabad

Rajanpur

Rahim YarKhan

Bahawalpur

Muzaffargarh

Lodhran

Vihari

Bahawalnagar

Pakpattan

Okara

Kasur

Lahore

Sahiwal

Sheikhupura

Hafizabad Gujranwala

MandiBahauddin

Narowal

Sialkot

72%85%

59%

67%

87%

88%78%

92%

90%

44%

68%

77%

86%

63%

68%

82%

94%

89%

93%

63%

44%

56%

90%

91%

89%

78%

87%

75%

79%

63%

87%

Handwashing with waterand soapin Punjab

78%

Rural72%

61%

Hygiene

Multan72%

Handwashing with water and soapreduces:23-40%sicknessdue to diarrhoea

16-21%respiratoryillnesses, likecold, amongstthe general population

29-57%absenteeismdue togastrointestinalillnesses inschool children

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Hygiene: conditions or practices conducive to maintaining health and preventing disease, especially through cleanliness.

Punjab

Urban90%

Laws andpolicies

Institutions

Expenditure

WASH sectorgovernance

Sectorefficiency

Current consumption: 228 liter/capita/day as compared to global minimum standard of 50 liters/capita/day67% of piped water users pay Rs150 per monthThe revenue collection efficiency ranges from 25-40%

References

Budget expenditure in million PKR2014-15 11,1182015-16 13,0472016-172017-182018-19

Punjab Multiple Indicators Cluster Survey (MICS) 2014-(1,4,6,9,10,11,14,21,22,23)Pakistan Census 2017. http://www.pbs.gov.pk/content/provisional-summary-results-6th-population-and-housing-census-2017-0 (2)Punjab Development Statistics 2017 (3,17)Pakistan Social and Living Standards Measurement Survey (PSLM), 2014-15 (5)Punjab Urban Resource 2011. State of water and sanitation in Punjab: Position paper (7,8,15,16,27)WASH Scenario Punjab. Presentation by PHED Punjab at SACOSAN 7. April 2018. (12,13)UNICEF 2016. Secondary analysis of Punjab MICS 2014 to map inequalities in water, sanitation and hygiene sector, (18,19,28) Public Health Engineering Department (20)Punjab Annual Development Plan, Budget (2018) (24)Punjab WASH Sector Development Plan 2016-2026 (25,26)

45,00057,477

20,500

• Punjab Sanitation Policy 2017 (Draft)• Punjab Drinking Water Policy 2017 (Draft)• Punjab Municipal Water Act 2018 (Draft)• Punjab Water Act-Irrigation Dept 2017(Draft)• Punjab Water Sanitation & Hygiene Sector Development Plan (2016-2026) (Approved)• Punjab HR Framework 2016 (Final)• Multi Sectoral Nutrition Strategy-Health department (Approved)• Punjab Human Rights Policy 2018 (Approved) • National Water Policy 2018 (Approved)

• The Housing, Urban Development & Public Health Engineering Department (HUD & PHED)• Local Government and Community Development Works and Services • Specialized Healthcare and Medical Education Department• School Education Department• SDG unit at Planning and Development

Of the total allocation of PKR 53 billion in 2017-18, the Government of Punjab has set aside PKR 24 billion for clean waterPKR15 billion for sanitation and solid waste management.

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