posted on 2018-02-12, 15:08authored byDennis D. Mwanza
Africa has the lowest water supply and sanitation coverage
of any region in the world. More than 1 in 3 Africans
have no access to improved water supply or to sanitation
facilities. Coverage levels in 2000 for both water supply
(62%) and sanitation (60%) are about the same. The sad
reality is that the total number of people without these
services is increasing; unless we act now, the absolute
number will double by 2020 from 200 million to 400
million1. The majority of these people will be those living
in informal or peri-urban areas and rural communities.
History
School
Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering
Research Unit
Water, Engineering and Development Centre (WEDC)
Published in
WEDC Conference
Citation
MWANZA, D.D., 2001. Water and sanitation services to the urban poor. IN: Scott, R. (ed). People and systems for water, sanitation and health: Proceedings of the 27th WEDC International Conference, Lusaka, Zambia, 20-24 August 2001, pp. 252-255.
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