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Sustainable Development Goal 6

ENSURE AVAILABILITY AND SUSTAINABLE AMANGEMENT TARGET 6.2
OF WATER AND SANITATION FOR ALL
By 2030, achieve access to
adequate and equitable
TARGET 6.1 sanitation and hygene for all and

By 2030, achieve universal and end open defecation, paying
equitable access to safe and special attention to the needs of
affordable drinking water for women and girls and those in
all. vulnerable situations.
INDICATOR 6.1.1 INDICATOR 6.2.1

Proportion of population using Proportion of population using
safely managed drinking water safety managed sanitation
services. services, including a hand-
washing facility with soap and
water.

Source: www.grida.no/resources/13739

Sanitation is the proper disposal of waste water and trash.

Waste water is used water from various sources including: Toilet/Latrine, Bathing,
23 Kitchen, Laundry, Industry, and Agriculture.

When waste water and trash are not properly disposed they can contaminate:

• Clean water supplies
• Rivers, lagoons, ocean
• Ground water.

THE COMMUNITY NEEDS TO WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE A POSITIVE CHANGE IN THEIR
CURRENT WATER AND SANITATION SITUATION.
IN YOUR COMMUNITY IT IS IMPORTANT TO IDENTIFY, WHICH WATER SOURCES HAVE
SAFE DRINKING WATER.

GERMS ENTER YOUR BODY THROUGH YOUR HANDS, FOOD AND/OR UNSAFE WATER.
TO PREVENT WATER-RELATED ILLNESSES YOU SHOULD ONLY DRINK AND USE SAFE

DRINKING WATER.
According to UN-Water today, 2 billion people lack access to safely managed drinking water services
and 3.6 billion people lack safely managed sanitation services. Unsafe hygiene practices are
widespread, compounding the effects on people’s health. The impact on child mortality rates is
devastating with more than 700 children under five who die every day from diarrheal diseases due
to poor sanitation, poor hygiene, or unsafe drinking water.

This project has been funded with support from the European Commission. This communication reflects the
views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the

information contained therein.