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

4.7

6.1

7.9

10.5

Proportion of population practising open defecation (%)

Sanitation and hygiene

79.8

62.1

44.5

27.1

Proportion of population using safely managed sanitation services (%)

1.0

1.9

2.8

3.7

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

0.9 (2007)

1.0 (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

2.0

Water stress

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

8.6

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

Water resources management

31.0 (2017)

Population growth Thousands Ethiopia

Source: UNSD 2019.

Population growth (thousands)

Institutional and legal framework

129 749

Basic elements

Response

100 835

Institutional framework

32 567 40 652 57 048 76 346

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

• Ministry of Water and Energy (MWE)

projections

1975 Source: UN-Desa 2019.

1985 1995 2005 2015 2025

Environment for private sector participation

• No dedicated public-private partnership law • There is no dedicated public-private partnership unit – public-private partnerships are governed by relevant line ministries

Wastewater management

Water pricing facility

• National Guideline for Urban Water Utilities Tariff Setting

Recent data on wastewater management are lacking.

Legal, policy and strategy frameworks

Water and sanitation provision

Ethiopia

Current enabling policies

• Universal Access Plan (UAP), 2006 • National Hygiene and Sanitation Strategy

Access to at least basic services

• Water Sector Development Programme (2002–2016) • Water Resources Management Policy 2000 (No. 197) • Ethiopian Water Strategy 2001 • Water Resources Development Fund (WRDF)

Percentage of population

Progress towards MDG target

Met target

Limited or no progress

Moderate progress Good progress

2015 1990

Inadequate data

Current enabling laws

• Ethiopian Water Resources Management Proclamation (No. 197/2000) • Water Supply and Sewerage Authority Establishment Proclamation No. 219/1981 • Water Resources Development Fund Establishment and its Administration Proclamation (No. 268 of 2002) • Ethiopian Water Technology Institute Establishment Council of Ministers Regulation No. 293/2013 • Municipal Public Health Rules 1950 issued with regard to water (10/1, 1950) • Revised Urban and Rural Potable Water Supply and Sewerage Services’ Reorganizing Proclamation Implementation, Council of Regional Government Regulation (No. 94/2012) • Amhara National Regional State Urban and Rural Drinking Water Supply and Sewerage Services Organizing Proclamation Executive Council of Regional Government Regulation (No. 34/2005)

Drinking water

Met target

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.

Sources: FAO 2016; World Bank 2018b; World Bank 2018c; Ministry of Water and Energy (MWE) 2013.

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