Sanitation and Wastewater Atlas of Africa

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

2015

2000

2005

2010

Indicator

Goal

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

Drinking water

Proportion of population practising open defecation (%)

Sanitation and hygiene

67.5

70.7

69.7

68.7

Proportion of population using safely managed sanitation services (%)

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

5.7

5.7 (2011)

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 )

2.9 (2005)

Water-use efficiency

Water stress

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

0.5

32.0 (2017)

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

Water resources management

Population growth Thousands Chad

Source: UNSD, 2019.

Population growth (thousands)

Institutional and legal framework

18 961

Response

Basic elements

10 097 14 111

Institutional framework

4 089 5 095 7 010

• Directorate of Water Resources and Meteorology (DREM) of the Ministry of Environment, Water and Fisheries • Ministry of Environment, Water and Fisheries

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

projections

1975 Source: UN-Desa 2019.

1985 1995 2005 2015 2025

• Ministry of Water and Sanitation

Presence of a functional water regulator

Wastewater management

• No dedicated agency • No dedicated law

Environment for private sector participation

There are no recent data regarding wastewater management.

Legal, policy and strategy frameworks

Water and sanitation provision

Chad

• Irrigation Policy, 1970

Current enabling policies

Access to at least basic services

Percentage of population

Progress towards MDG target

• Law No. 016/PR/99 of 18 August 1999 enacting the Water Code • Order No. 22/MHUR/2011 of 7 November 2011 defining the national strategy for equipment and allocation of drinking water points • Order No. 24/MHUR/2011 of 3 November 2011 on defining and using village participation in the construction of drinking waterworks • Order No. 12/PR/PM/ME/MSP/2011 of 3 June 2011 on the modalities of the first water analysis of catchment works intended for human consumption • Order No. 13/PR/PM/ME/MSP/2011 of 3 June 2011 defining approval conditions for laboratories to carry out sampling and analysis of drinking water

Current enabling laws

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

Sources: FAO 2016; World Bank 2018b.

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

Source: WHO and UNICEF 2015.

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