SDG 6: Clean Water & Sanitation

SDG 6

Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all

2.2 billion people

Lacked safely managed drinking water

3.5 billion

Lacked access to safely managed sanitaiton

2.2 billion people

Lacked basic hand washing facilities

Target 1

achieve universal access to safe drinking water for all

Indicator 1

proportion of population using safely managed drinking water services

Safely managed water

on premises, available, and not contaminated

Surface Water

water directly from body of water

Target 2

achieve access to adequate sanitation and hygiene for all

Indicators 2

proportion of population using safely managed sanitation services and hand-washing facilities

safely managed sanitation services

not shared, and safely disposed or transported for treatment

Open defecation

disposal of human feces in open spaces

hand-washing facility

Interrupts transmission of diseases like diarrhea, infections, etc

Target 3

improve water quality by reducing pollution, eliminating dumping of hazardous chemicals and materials, and halving the proportion of untreated waste

Indicator 3

proportion of domestic and industrial wastewater safely treated

Wastewater treatment

physical, chemical, or biological processes that remove solids, microorganisms and pollutants from water

Indicator 3

Proportion of bodies of water with good ambient water quality

Ambient water quality

Meet 80% core ambient quality parameter groups

Oxygen, salinity, nitrogen, phosphorus, & acidifications

Target 4

substantially increase water-use efficiency and ensure sustainable withdrawals of freshwater to reduce water scarcity

Indicator 4

change in water-use efficiency over time

water-use efficiency

Value added in US dollars per volume of water used in meters, given by economic activity over time

Water stress

Freshwater withdrawals as a proportion of available freshwater resources

Target 5

implement integrated water resources management at all levels, including through transboundary cooperation