SDG 6 Clean water and sanitation

# Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all

## What is this goal?

SDG 6 Is a goal to make access for all the countries to get access to Clean Water and Sanitation for people. This goal is officially created by the United Nations The goal was created in 2015. The word of this goal is Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all. Billions of people are still living without safely managed water and sanitation. Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6 is to ensure the availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all by 2030. Achieving SDG 6 is integral to the success of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which aims to end extreme poverty and protect the planet. Countries like Niger, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Somalia, Angola Do not have access with clean water.

## Introduction

**Sustainable Development Goal 6** (**SDG 6** or **Global Goal 6**) is about "clean water and sanitation for all". It is one of 17 Sustainable Development Goals established by the United Nations General Assembly in 2015, the official wording is: "Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all." The goal has eight targets to be achieved by 2030. Progress toward the targets will be measured by using eleven indicators.

## Key facts

* OVER 85% OF THE PLANET'S WETLANDS HAVE BEEN LOST
* 3 Billion people THE QUALITY OF THE WATER THEY DEPEND ON IS UNKNOWN DUE TO A LACK OF MONITORING
* 733 Million people LIVE IN COUNTRIES WITH HIGH AND CRITICAL LEVELS OF WATER STRESS

## Overview

About 1,000,000 people in this world does not have any access to any clean water and have to drink those dirty waters. Also some of them need rot walk all the way to the shore to get some water for the family to drink.

## Important links

#### Infographic

https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Goal-6-infographic.pdf

#### Why should we care?

https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/6\_Why-it-Matters\_Sanitation\_2p.pdf

## Targets

Image of the Target 6.1 logoImage of the Target 6.2 logoImage of target 6.3 logoImage of target 6.4 logo
#### Target 6.1

By 2030, achieve universal and equitable access to safe and affordable drinking water for all.

#### Target 6.2

By 2030, achieve access to adequate and equitable sanitation and hygiene for all and end open defecation, paying special attention to the needs of women and girls and those in vulnerable situations.

#### Target 6.3

By 2030, improve water quality by reducing pollution, eliminating dumping and minimizing release of hazardous chemicals and materials, halving the proportion of untreated wastewater and substantially increasing recycling and safe reuse globally.

#### Target 6.4

By 2030, substantially increase water-use efficiency across all sectors and ensure sustainable withdrawals and supply of freshwater to address water scarcity and substantially reduce the number of people suffering from water scarcity.

#### Target 6.5

By 2030, implement integrated water resources management at all levels, including through transboundary cooperation as appropriate.

#### Target 6.6

By 2020, protect and restore water-related ecosystems, including mountains, forests, wetlands, rivers, aquifers and lakes.

#### Target 6.7

By 2030, expand international cooperation and capacity-building support to developing countries in water- and sanitation-related activities and programmes, including water harvesting, desalination, water efficiency, wastewater treatment, recycling and reuse technologies.

#### Target 6.8

Support and strengthen the participation of local communities in improving water and sanitation management.

## Gallery

People washing hand with clean safe water

## SDG 6 Clean water and sanitation

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## Definition

* Sanitation
* Indicator

## Indicators+data

### Indicator 6.1.1

**Safe drinking water**

Indicator 6.1.1 tracks the proportion of the population that is using an improved drinking water source, that is:

* located on the premises;
* available when needed;
* free of faecal and priority chemical contamination

### Indicator 6.2.1

**Safe sanitation and hygiene**

Indicator 6.2.1a tracks the proportion of population that is using an improved sanitation facility, which is not shared with other households, and where the excreta produced is either:

* treated and disposed in situ;
* stored temporarily and then emptied and transported to treatment off-site;
* or transported through a sewer with wastewater and then treated off-site.

### Indicator 6.3.1

**Safe sanitation and hygiene**

Indicator 6.3.1 tracks the proportion of wastewater flows from households, services and industrial economic activities that are safely treated before it is discharged into the environment. The treatment can take place at the source (e.g. at the premises of a household or an industry) or through centralized wastewater treatment plants.

### Indicator 6.3.2

**Ambient water quality**

The indicator tracks the percentage of water bodies (rivers, lakes and groundwater) in a country with good ambient water quality. “Good” indicates an ambient water quality that does not damage ecosystem function or human health according to core ambient water quality parameter groups that are relevant globally.

For the purpose of global reporting (level 1 of the indicator), overall water quality is estimated based on an index, which incorporates data on five core parameter groups, which inform on major water quality impairments present in many parts of the world:

* + oxygen (surface water).
	+ salinity (surface water and groundwater).
	+ nitrogen (surface water and groundwater).
	+ phosphorus (surface water).
	+ acidification (surface water and groundwater).