Household water treatment in the
context of the SDGs
Fiorella Polo, WASH Advisor , UNICEF HQ
HTWS Network Meeting, UNC , 10 October
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Water safety: Challenges and opportunities
ahead
6.1
By 2030, achieve universal and equitable
access to safe and affordable drinking water for
all
Indicator 6.1.1 Population using safely managed
drinking water services
Definition: Population using an improved drinking
water source which is:
•
•
•
Accessibility
located on premises,
available when needed, and
Availability
free of faecal and priority chemical
Quality
contamination
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Safely Managed Drinking Water
• What is water safety and why should water safety
be a priority?
– Water safety is an “ unfinished business” from the
MDGs: “Our sector focused on providing “improved
sources”, but this did not always translate into
providing “ really safe water”; (Cecilia, UNICEF HQ)
– Water safety is now a priority in the SDGs: Safely
managed water is the new indicator for SDG 6.1;
– Water safety means: ensuring water is free from
harmful pathogens and elevated
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Safely managed
drinking water
Progressive
realization
On premises, available
when needed and
meets water quality
standards
Basic water
Improved facility
within 30 minutes
round trip collection
time
Unimproved
water
Facility which does not
protect against
contamination
No service
Surface water
Monitoring ladder
Developed
Service ladder
Developing
MDG continuity
SDG 6.1
MDG/SDG
All developed countries,
and some developing
countries
Most developing and
some developed
countries report
Most developing and
some developed
countries report
All countries report
(applies to developing
countries)
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Implications of new indicators for
Country X
100
98
95
89
90
80
74
70
60
58
58
E. coli <1
(quality)
Safely
managed (SDG)
50
40
30
20
10
0
Improved
(MDG)
Basic (<30
mins)
Available when On premises
needed
(accessible)
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Where will the data come from? The
focus will be on safety at source
Criterion
Household Surveys
Regulatory authorities
Availability
Is water always available when Reported hours of service
needed from your main drinking (piped)
water source?
Accessibility
Is the main drinking water
source located in the dwelling
yard or plot?
Reported household
connections
(piped supplies)
Quality
Testing for fecal (and chemical)
contamination in household
surveys
Compliance with national
standards, WSPs
Affordability?
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UNICEF will also support evidence
generation at HH level
UNICEF will also support evidence
generation at HH level
• “Integrating water quality modules in MICS/
LSMS/ DHS and other national household
surveys can be more cost effective than separate
surveys” “These modules combine data at source
and data at household level and piggy-back on a
statistically solid methodology”
• These surveys can be a powerful tool to prompt
action/ programmatic response as well as a toll
to measure progress against the SDG every 3-4
years.
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Field Kits for HH surveys
E. coli, Other Coliforms
Portable filtration
Pre-poured testing plates
Incubate 24 hours
Arsenic
Portable kit
Three chemicals
Results in 10 minutes
There is a momentum for advocacy at
national and global level
• “Ride on the national momentum created by the
SDGs. E.g. In Indonesia the President will soon
issue a decree on SDGs: we are going to present
results on water safety to SDG committee ”
• Global platforms such as Sanitation & Water for
All: for example “include Water Safety in plans
and commitments to be presented at next High
Level Meeting”
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WHO & UNICEF support a shift towards
risk management
Health Based
targets
Public health context and
outcomes
Water safety
plans
Surveillance
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Water Safety Plans are credited with costeffectiveness
Risks analysis
Water safety
plans
Monitoring of
barriers
From
catchment
To source
Control
measures
development
To
household
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Which role for Network?
HTWS as one of many
barriers:
- Specific circumstances
Risks analysis - - Limited timeframe
Join efforts
at advocacy
level?
Water safety
plans
Emergency?
Estend to all
treatment?
Inclcuding at
source?
From
catchment
Barriers
Focus on HH?
development
- Promote evidence
- Promote behaviour
Beyond product
Monitoring of
- Safe transport / storage
barriers
To source
To
household
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