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

0.6

0.6

0.7

0.6

Proportion of population using safely managed sanitation services (%)

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

15.6

15.6

15.5 (2008)

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

20.4

Water stress

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

0.6

26.0 (2017)

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

Water resources management

Comoros

Population growth Thousands

Source: UNSD 2019.

Population growth (thousands)

Institutional and legal framework

1975 1985 1995 2005 2015 2025 257 355 475 612 777 965 projections

Response

Basic elements

Institutional framework

• Comorian Water and Electricity Corporation (MAMWE), responsible for managing water distribution

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

Source: UN-Desa 2019.

• No dedicated law • The National Investment Promotion Agency (NIPA) is the institution responsible

Environment for private sector participation

Wastewater management

Legal, policy and strategy frameworks

There are no recent data regarding wastewater management.

• National Environmental Policy adopted by the Decree of 31 December 1993 and the Environmental Action Plan (EAP) • National Water Supply Policy

Current enabling policies

Water and sanitation provision

Comoros

• Framework Law No. 94-018 of 22 June 1994 on the Environment Code • Law No. 94-037 on the Water Code of 1994

Current enabling laws

Access to at least basic services

Percentage of population

Progress towards MDG target

Met target

Limited or no progress

Sources: FAO 2016; World Bank 2018b; World Bank 2018c.

1990 2015

Moderate progress Good progress

Inadequate data

Drinking water

Limited or no progress

10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 %

0

National Rural Urban National Rural Urban

Sanitation

Moderate progress

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

Source: WHO and UNICEF 2015.

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