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Water and Sanitation, Drainage and Waste

Category KPI Result Performance to Benchmark SDG

Smart Water Meters 0.00 %

Water Supply ICT 0.00 %
Monitoring

Basic Water Supply 84.37 %

Potable Water Supply 84.37 %

Water Supply Loss 14.11 %

Wastewater Collection 98.38 %

Household Sanitation 92.00 %

Drainage/Storm Water
System ICT Monitoring 0.00 %

Solid Waste Collection 100.00 %

Bizerte's performance in these categories is mixed. The rate of water loss through the water distribution
systems warrants evaluation regarding any losses due to the age of the distribution infrastructure.
Bizerte should aim to further lower apparent water loss (e.g. customer meter errors, billing system
data inaccuracies and unauthorized consumption) and real water loss (e.g. water leakage and storage
overflows).

Optimizing water resources, smartly: It is recommended that Bizerte drafts and enacts legislation
that mandates conservation of the city’s water resources by requiring public drinking water utilities to
submit a water conservation plan. Additionally, these utilities should be required to develop ongoing
programme(s) of leak detection, repair, and water loss accounting for the transmission, delivery and
distribution system, documentation of water pumpage, delivery, sales and loss volumes.

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