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

12.1

11.5

10.2

10.9

Proportion of population using safely managed sanitation services (%)

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

4.4

4.3

4.1

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 )

23.8 (2005)

Water-use efficiency

Water stress

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

0.08

31.0 (2017)

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

Water resources management

Population growth Tho s nds DRC

Source: UNSD 2019.

Population growth (thousands)

Institutional and legal framework

104 134

Response

Basic elements

76 245

Institutional framework

22 904 29 881 41 576 54 786

• Ministry of Environment, Nature Conservation and Tourism (MENCT) and its Water Resources Directorate

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

• State Water Utility Company (REGIDESO) for urban areas • National Rural Waterworks Service (SNHR) for rural areas • National Sanitation Programme • Ministry of Energy

projections

1975 Source: UN-Desa 2019.

1985 1995 2005 2015 2025

• National Water and Sanitation Committee (CNAEA) under the Ministry of Planning

Presence of a functional water regulator

Wastewater management

• Law No. 14/005 on the tax system, customs, parafiscal, non-tax revenue and changes applicable to collaboration agreements and to cooperation projects (regulating public-private partnerships)

Environment for private sector participation

Data on wastewater management are lacking.

Water and sanitation provision

DRC

• REGIDESO’s water tariff structure is under review

Water pricing facility

Access to at least basic services

Legal, policy and strategy frameworks

Percentage of population

Progress towards MDG target

Met target

Limited or no progress

• Action plan for the further development of the drinking water sector by 2020

Current enabling policies

Moderate progress Good progress

2015 1990

Inadequate data

• Water Code, 2010 • Law No. 15/026 of 31 December 2015 on water • Ordinance No. 71-079 of 26 March 1971 defining State as regards rain- and wastewater • Ordinance No. 52-443 of 21 December 1952 on measures to protect springs, groundwater, lakes and rivers, to prevent water pollution and wastage and to control the exercise of user rights and conceded rights of occupancy

Current enabling laws

Drinking water

Limited or no 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 %

Sources: FAO 2016; UNEP 2011; World Bank 2018b; World Bank 2018c.

Source: WHO and UNICEF 2015.

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