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Collection Methodology for Key Performance Indicators for Smart Sustainable Cities

Dimension Economy
Sub-Dimension Infrastructure
Category Water and Sanitation
KPI Name Basic Water Supply
KPI No. EC: I: WS: 1C Type: Core Type: Sustainable

Definition / Percentage of households with access to a basic water supply
Description

Rationale / Access to drinking water is a fundamental need and a vital human right. About 1.1
Interpretation / billion people have no access to any type of improved drinking source of water. 1.6
Benchmarking million people die every year from diarrhoeal diseases attributable to lack of safe
drinking water and basic sanitation. The health and economic benefits of improved
water supply to households and individuals are well documented.
Basic water sources include: piped water, public tap, borehole or pump, protected
well, protected spring or rainwater.
An improving trend and higher values are considered positive.
Source(s) Integrated Monitoring Guide for SDG 6 - UN Water 2016. Retrieved from
<http://www.unwater.org/publications/integrated-monitoring-guide-sdg-6/>
Progress on drinking water, sanitation and hygiene: 2017 update and Sustainable
Development Goal baselines. Retrieved from <https://washdata.org/report/jmp-
2017-report-launch-version0> (also available at:
<http://www.unwater.org/publication_categories/whounicef-joint-monitoring-
programme-for-water-supply-sanitation-hygiene-jmp/>
Methodology Calculate as:
Numerator: Number of city households with access to basic water sources.
Denominator: Total number of city households.
Multiply by 100
Unit Percentage
Data Sources / Data can be collected through the local water utility.
Relevant
Databases
SDG Reference(s) SDG indicator 6.1.1: Percentage of population using safely managed drinking water
services.

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