Sanitation and Wastewater Atlas of Africa

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

2010

2015

2000

2005

Indicator

Goal

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

Drinking water

Proportion of population practising open defecation (%)

Sanitation and hygiene

2.9

3.1

2.4

2.7

Proportion of population using safely managed sanitation services (%)

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

6.1

6.3 (2014)

5.9 (2006)

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

4.3

Population growth Thousands Burundi

Water stress

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

0.5

Population growth (thousands)

32.0 (2017)

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

Water resources management

13 764

Source: UNSD 2019.

10 160

Institutional and legal framework

3 701 4 751 5 987 7 365

Response

Basic elements

projections

Institutional framework

1975 Source: UN-Desa 2019.

1985 1995 2005 2015 2025

• Ministry of Water, Energy and Mines (MWEM) • Directorate-General for Water and Energy (DGEE) • Directorate of Water Resources (DRH) • Directorate-General of Rural Water and Electricity (DGHER) • Municipal Engineering Services (SETEMU) – sewerage and wastewater treatment services in urban areas

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

Wastewater management While there is a dearth of recent data regarding wastewater management, information indicates that sewerage and wastewater treatment services are grossly inadequate. For instance, it is estimated that service provision in the capital, Bujumbura, only covers 40 per cent of the city’s needs and that around 90per cent of thepopulation inmost peri-urbanareas does not have sanitation facilities (Fortune of Africa n.d.). Most wastewater generated in Bujumbara is disposed of in storm drains that channel it untreated into Lake Tanganyika. Several other cities do not have sewerage systems or wastewater treatment facilities (Fortune of Africa n.d.).

• Agency for Control and Regulation of Water and Electricity (ACR)

Presence of a functional water regulator

• Law No. 1/14 of 27 April 2015 on the General Scheme for Public-Private Partnership Contracts

Environment for private sector participation

• Water tariff policy for rural and urban areas

Water pricing facility

Legal, policy and strategy frameworks

• Burundi National Sanitation Policy and Operational Strategy for Burundi Vision 2025 • National Water Master Plan (PDNE) • Decree No. 100/189 of 25 August 2014 on the determination and establishment of protection areas for water intended for human consumption • Law No. 1/02 of March 26, 2012 on the Water Code in Burundi

Current enabling policies

Water and sanitation provision

Current enabling laws

Burundi

Access to at least basic services

Percentage of population

Progress towards MDG target

Sources: FAO 2016; World Bank 2018b.

Met target

Limited or no progress

1990 2015

Moderate progress Good progress

Inadequate data

Drinking water

Moderate progress

10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 %

0

National Rural Urban National Rural Urban

Sanitation

Limited or no progress

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

Source: WHO and UNICEF 2015.

161

SANITATION AND WASTEWATER ATLAS OF AFRICA