SDG 6.Clean Water and Sanitation

Understand SDG 6

  • SDG 6 is to ensure universal and equitable access to clean water and hygiene for all people. 
  • The targets also include reduction of water pollution, improvement of water-use efficiency, and restoration of water-related ecosystems.
  • Water scarcity affects over 40% of the world population and the number is rising.
  • 1 in 4 health care facilities lacks basic water services.
  • More than 80% of wastewater is discharged into rivers or sea without any pollution removal.
  • Everyday, around 1,000 children die from preventable water and sanitation-related diseases.

Challenges

Data retrieved from UN SDG 6

From the Posts

Hurricane Ian flooded a hospital and forced evacuations from dozens of nursing homes – many health facilities face rising risks from severe storms

Brett Robertson, University of South Carolina Hurricane Ian, one of the most powerful storms to hit the U.S., tore part of the roof off a hospital in Port Charlotte, Florida, and flooded the building’s lower level emergency room, sending staff scrambling to move patients as water poured in. At least nine hospitals and dozens of…

Keep reading

South Africa’s increasing water stress requires urgent informed actions

Richard Meissner, University of South Africa and Anja du Plessis, University of South Africa Progress has been made since 2015 on a global scale in terms of increasing access to water of an acceptable quality and to sanitation services. But 2 billion people still lack safely managed drinking water and 3.6 billion people still lack…

Keep reading

Something went wrong. Please refresh the page and/or try again.