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

0.6

2.1

5.9

3.9

Proportion of population using safely managed sanitation services (%)

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

7.7

7.3

6.9

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 (%)

1.1

30.0 (2017)

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

Water resources management

Population growth Thousands Gambia

Source: UNSD 2019.

Population growth (thousands)

Institutional and legal framework

2 780

Response

Basic elements

2 086

Institutional framework

1 129 1 544

• Gambia National Water & Electricity Company (NAWEC)

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

540 756

projections

1975 Source: UN-Desa 2019.

1985 1995 2005 2015 2025

• Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA)

Presence of a functional water regulator

Wastewater management

• National Public Private Partnership Policy, 2015–2020 • Directorate of Public Private Partnerships and Public Enterprises (public-private partnerships unit) • Gambia Public Procurement Act, 2001 • Gambia Public Procurement Regulations, 2003

Environment for private sector participation

Recent data on wastewater management are lacking.

Water and sanitation provision

Gambia

• PURA Electricity andWater Retail Tariff Filing Guidelines

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

• National Strategy for Sanitation and Hygiene, 2011 • National Water Policy, 2006 • National Strategy for Sanitation and Hygiene (2011–2016)

Current enabling policies

Moderate progress Good progress

2015 1990

Inadequate data

Drinking water

Met target

• National Water Resources Council Act, 1979 • Gambia PURA Act of 2001 • PURA Enforcement Regulations, 2007

Current enabling laws

10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 %

0

National Rural Urban National Rural Urban

Sanitation

Limited or no progress

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

No data available

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

Source: WHO and UNICEF 2015.

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