Sanitation and Wastewater Atlas of Africa

Using MDG 7.C to benchmark progress towards achieving SDG 6

2015

2010

2000

2005

Indicator

Goal

Proportion of population using safely managed drinking water services (%)

Drinking water

Proportion of population practising open defecation (%)

Sanitation and hygiene

55.2

59.5

67.7

63.7

Proportion of population using safely managed sanitation services (%)

Proportion of population with basic handwashing facilities on premises (%)

10.1

6.8

1.0

3.7

Proportion of safely treated domestic wastewater flows (%)

Wastewater treatment

Proportion of bodies of water with good ambient water quality (%)

Proportion of groundwater bodies with good ambient water quality (%)

Water-use efficiency (US$/cm 3 )

Water-use efficiency

24.8

Water stress

Freshwater withdrawals as a proportion of available freshwater resources (%)

0.6

1.0

Population growth Thousands Benin

63.0 (2017)

Degree of integrated water resources management (IWRM) implementation (%)

Water resources management

Population growth (thousands)

13 822

Source: United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD), 2019.

10 576

Institutional and legal framework

Wastewater management There is a dearth of recent data regarding wastewater management. According to the World Bank (2018), by 2015 only 13.9 per cent of the population had at least a basic level of sanitation, which is an indicator of very poor waste management. In Cotonou, the capital city, wastewater is disposed of at the Industrial Society of Urban Equipment and Sanitation plant, which was designed to treat 180 m 3 of wastewater per day, but received 477 m 3 on average per day between 2008 and 2010, with 70 per cent of this coming from latrines (Hounkpe et al. 2014). 1975 1985 1995 2005 2015 2025 3 265 4 279 5 906 7 982 projections Source: UN-Desa 2019.

Basic elements

Response

Institutional framework

Presence of an enabling institutional framework for sustainable water, wastewater and sanitation development and services

• Ministry of Energy andWater Engineering (MEE) • National Water Company of Benin (SONEB) • Directorate-General for Water, in charge of IWRM and rural and peri-urban water supply

• National Agency for Drinking Water in Rural Areas (ANAEPMR) • Directorate for Hygiene and Basic Sanitation, Ministry of Health

Environment for private sector participation

• Law No. 2001-07 • Public-Private Partnership Support Unit (CAPPP) • National Directorate of Public Procurement Control (DNCMP) • Public Procurement Regulatory Authority (ARMP)

Legal, policy and strategy frameworks

Current enabling policies

• National Sanitation Policy, 1995 • National Water Policy, 2008 • National Strategy for Rural Water Supply 2005–2015 • Strategy for Urban Water Supply 2006–2015 • National Sanitation Development Plan 2009–2018 • National Action Plan for IntegratedWater Resources Management (PANGIRE), November 2011 • National Action Plan for IntegratedWater Resources Management (PANGIRE) Operationalization Strategy (2016–2020) • Law No. 2010-44 of 24 November 2010 on water management in the Republic of Benin • Decree No. 2007-310 relating to the conditions of the control of cold drinking water metres in the Republic of Benin of 2007 • Decree No. 2001-094 setting quality standards for drinking water of 2001 • Decree No. 2011-573 of 31 August 2011 establishing the master plan for the development and management of water

Water and sanitation provision

Benin

Access to at least basic services

Percentage of population

Progress towards MDG target

Current enabling laws

Met target

Limited or no progress

1990 2015

Moderate progress Good progress

Inadequate data

Drinking water

Met target

10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 %

0

National Rural Urban National Rural Urban

Sources: FAO, 2016; Policy and Operations Evaluation Department, 2011; United States Agency for International Development, 2010a.

Sanitation

Limited or no progress

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 %

Source: WHO and UNICEF 2015.

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