Sanitation and Wastewater Atlas of Africa

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

2015

2000

2005

2010

Indicator

Goal

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

Drinking water

Proportion of population practising open defecation (%)

Sanitation and hygiene

30.0

45.7

40.3

35.1

Proportion of population using safely managed sanitation services (%)

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

2.1

1.96

Proportion of safely treated domestic wastewater flows (%)

Wastewater treatment

Proportion of bodies of water with good ambient water quality (%)

16.7 (2017)

Proportion of groundwater bodies with good ambient water quality (%)

Water-use efficiency (US$/cm 3 )

Water-use efficiency

55.2

Water stress

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

1.4

33.0 (2017)

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

Water resources management

Population growth Thousands Lesotho

Source: UNSD 2019.

Population growth (thousands)

Institutional and legal framework

1 899 1 996 2 059 2 228

Response

Basic elements

Institutional framework

• Ministry of Energy, Meteorology andWater Affairs • Water and Sewerage Company • Lesotho Lowlands Water Supply Unit • Metolong Authority

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

1 526

1 161

projections

1975 Source: UN-Desa 2019.

1985 1995 2005 2015 2025

• Lesotho Electricity andWater Authority

Presence of a functional water regulator

Wastewater management

• No dedicated public-private partnership law • Lesotho PPP Policy, 2018

Environment for private sector participation

Recent data on wastewater management are lacking.

• Tariff Filing and Review Procedure

Water pricing facility

Water and sanitation provision

Legal, policy and strategy frameworks

Lesotho

Access to at least basic services

• National water and wastewater quality standards • Long TermWater and Sanitation Strategy, 2014 • Lesotho Water and Sanitation Policy, 2007

Current enabling policies

Percentage of population

Progress towards MDG target

Met target

Limited or no progress

Moderate progress Good progress

2015 1990

Inadequate data

• Water Act, 2008 (No. 15 of 2008) • Lesotho Electricity andWater Authority (Resolution of Complaints for Water and Sewerage Services) Rules, 2013 (L. N. No. 102 of 2013) • Lesotho Highlands Development Authority Order (No. 23 of 1986) • Metolong Authority Act, 2010 • Lesotho Environment Act, 2001 (Act 15 of 2001), amended in 2008 • Declaration of Water Emergency (L. N. No. 44 of 1980)

Current enabling laws

Drinking water

Met target

10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 %

0

National Rural Urban National Rural Urban

Sanitation

Limited or no progress

No data available

Sources: FAO 2005; World Bank 2018b; World Bank 2018c.

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

Source: WHO and UNICEF 2015.

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