Sanitation and Wastewater Atlas of Africa

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

2000

2005

2010

2015

Indicator

Goal

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

Drinking water

Proportion of population practising open defecation (%)

Sanitation and hygiene

87.8

83.3

78.6

76.0

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

4.7

Water stress

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

7.9

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

Water resources management

Source: UNSD 2019.

3 866 l i Thousands Eritrea

Population growth (thousands)

Institutional and legal framework

Response

Basic elements

3 343

Institutional framework

2 827

• Ministry of Land, Water and Environment • Ministry of Health (drinking water supply)

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

1 505 2 004 2 204

projections

1975 Source: UN-Desa 2019.

1985 1995 2005 2015 2025

• Ministry of Land, Water and Environment

Presence of a functional water regulator

Wastewater management Recent data on wastewater management are lacking. Available data show that 18 million m 3 of municipal wastewater was produced in 2000 (FAO 2018).

Environment for private sector participation

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

Water pricing facility

• Eritrean Water Proclamation No. 162/2010 in article 19

Legal, policy and strategy frameworks

Water and sanitation provision

Current enabling policies

• Draft National Water Policy Framework, 1997 • Action Plan for IntegratedWater Resource Management (IWRM) in Eritrea, 2008 • Draft strategy document on rural water supply and sanitation, 2000

Eritrea

Access to at least basic services

Percentage of population

Progress towards MDG target

Met target

• Eritrean Water Proclamation No. 162/2010 • Water Commission Proclamation • Draft Waste Water Permits Regulations • Draft Water Use Permits Regulations

Limited or no progress

Current enabling laws

Moderate progress Good progress

2015 1990

Inadequate data

Drinking water

Moderate progress

10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 %

0

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

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.

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