Sanitation and Wastewater Atlas of Africa

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

2000

Indicator

2005

Goal

2010

2015

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

Drinking water

29.9

31.6

34.5

37.0

Proportion of population practising open defecation (%)

Sanitation and hygiene

8.6

8.5

8.2

8.0

Proportion of population using safely managed sanitation services (%)

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

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

97.9

Water stress

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

1.7

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

Water resources management

Congo

Population growth Thousands

Source: UNSD 2019.

Population growth (thousands)

Institutional and legal framework

4 856 3 623 6 235

Basic elements

Response

Institutional framework

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

• Ministry of Mines, Energy and Hydraulics • Directorate-General of Hydraulics • Directorate of Water Resources Management

1975 1985 1995 2005 2015 2025 1 537 2 054 2 708 projections

Source: UN-Desa 2019.

Presence of a functional water regulator

• Ministry of Mines, Energy and Hydraulics

Wastewater management

Environment for private sector participation

• No dedicated public-private partnership unit • No dedicated public-private partnership law

There are no recent data regarding wastewater management.

Legal, policy and strategy frameworks

Water and sanitation provision

Congo

Current enabling policies

• The national water policy is set out in the Law No. 13-2003 of 10 April 2003

Access to at least basic services

Percentage of population

Progress towards MDG target

Current enabling laws

• Law No. 13-2003 on the Water Code • Law No. 38-2008 establishing the National Agency for Rural Hydraulics • Decree No. 2017-253 of 17 July 2017 setting the terms for delegating the management of the public water service • Order No. 3135 MEH/CAB of 12 May 2009 defining the scope of operation of drinking water supply systems

Met target

Limited or no progress

No data available for 1990

Moderate progress Good progress

Inadequate data

2015

Drinking water

Inadequate data

10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 %

0

National Rural Urban National Rural Urban

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

Sanitation

Inadequate data

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

Source: WHO and UNICEF 2015.

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