Effective Collection of water and sanitation data from
housing censuses
Joint UNECE/Eurostat Meeting on Population and Housing Censuses
(15 May 2008)
WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme
Rifat Hossain
Scope of
work of the
JMP
Monitor
trends & progress
within the WatSan sector
(global & regional reports)
Build
national capacity
for monitoring
(prepare tools and
guidance materials)
Advocate for
action at all levels
(use JMP products and
outputs for advocacy)
Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP)
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Monitors progress towards MDG 7 Target 7c through
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Global accountability and advocacy
Track progress towards the MDG target, from 1990 base
Present data comparable over time and across countries
MDG 7 Target 7c calls to halve, by 2015, the proportion of
people without sustainable access to safe drinking water and
basic sanitation
Indicators:
7.7
Proportion of population using an improved water source,
urban and rural
7.8
Proportion of population using an improved sanitation
facility, urban and rural
“Improved” means….
An improved drinking water source is:
“a source that by the nature of its construction
adequately protects the source from outside
contamination in particular with fecal matter”
An improved sanitation facility:
“ a facility that hygienically separates human waste
from human contact”
Comparison between JMP and UNSD (water)
UNSD
Improved water supply
1.
Piped water inside the unit
1.1 From the community source
1.2 From an individual source
2.
Piped water outside the unit but within 200
meters
2. 1 From the community scheme
2.1.1 For exclusive use
2.1.2 Shared
2.2 From an individual source
2.2.1 For exclusive use
2.2.2 Shared
3.
Other
3.1 Tube well/borehole
3.2 Protected dug well
3.3 Protected spring
3.4 Rainwater collection
JMP
Improved water supply
•Piped into dwelling, plot or yard
•Public tap/standpipe
•Tube well/borehole
•Protected dug well
•Protected spring
•Rainwater collection
Comparison between JMP and UNSD (Water)
UNSD
Unimproved water supply
4. Other
4.1 Vendor provided water
4.2 Bottled water
4.3 Tanker trucks
4.4 Unprotected dug
well/spring/river/stream/lake
/pond/dam
JMP
Unimproved water supply
•Unprotected dug well
•Unprotected spring
•Cart with small tank/drum
•Tanker truck
• Surface water (river, dam, lake,
pond, stream, canal, irrigation
canal)
• Bottled water
Comparison between JMP and UNSD (Sanitation)
UNSD
JMP
Improved sanitation
Improved sanitation
1. With Toilet within housing unit
•Flush/pour flush to:
1.1 Flush/pour flush toilet
• piped sewer system
1.2 Other
•septic tank
2. With toilet outside housing unit
2.1 For exclusive use
2.1.1 Flush/pour flush toilet
2.1.2 Ventilated improved pit
latrine
2.1.3 Pit latrine without
ventilation with covering
2.1.4 Holes or dug pits with
temporary coverings or without
shelter
2.1.5 Other
• pit latrine
•Ventilated improved pit
(VIP) latrine
• Pit latrine with slab
• Composting toilet
Comparison between JMP and UNSD (Sanitation)
UNSD
JMP
Unimproved sanitation
2. With toilet outside housing unit
2.2 Shared
2.2.1 Flush/pour flush toilet
2.2.2 Ventilated improved pit
latrine
2.2.3 Pit latrine without
ventilation with covering
2.2.4 Holes or dug pits with
temporary coverings or without
shelter
2.2.5 Other
3. No toilet available
3.1 Service or bucket facility (excreta
manually removed)
3.2 Use of natural environment, for
example bush, river, stream or so forth
Unimproved sanitation
• Flush/Pour flush to elsewhere
• Pit latrine without slab/open pit
• Bucket
• Hanging toilet/hanging latrine
• No facilities, bush or field
Disaggregating helps…
 The
ladder for sanitation and water:
Sanitation
(4 rungs)
Improved
sanitation facilities
Moving from
Improved/Unimproved
dichotomy to a more
refined situation
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Unimproved
sanitation facilities
Open defecation
Improved
as per
MDG
Shared sanitation
facilities
Water
(3 rungs)
Piped water in
dwelling,
plot or yard
Other improved
drinking water
sources
Unimproved
drinking
water sources
Thank you!
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