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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.
Benchmarking 1.6 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) NOTE 1 – Integrated Monitoring Guide for SDG 6 - UN Water 2016. Retrieved from
<http:// www .unwater .org/ publications/ integrated -monitoring -guide -sdg -6/ >
NOTE 2 – Progress on drinking water, sanitation and hygiene: 2017 update and
Sustainable Development Goal baselines. Retrieved from <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.
Verification Ensure the number of households is consistent.
Guidance
Check to see if number of inhabitants is used rather than households.
Check data source.

NOTE:
Basic water includes the following: piped water, public tap, borehole, or pump,
protected well, protected spring or rainwater.

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