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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