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The drinking water ladder

The drinking water ladder presents drinking water coverage as a three-step ladder that includes the proportion of the population using:
• unimproved drinking water sources
• improved drinking water sources other than piped water
• water piped into a dwelling, plot or yard.

It also presents progress made since 1990, the reference year for the MDG.

Source: Snapshot of water in Africa, UNICEF/WHO, June 2008

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Resources

Overview
•Water and sanitation overview
•Access to water
•Sanitation and hygiene
•Handwashing
•Defining improved facilities

The sanitation and water ladders
•Trends on access to water
•Trends on sanitation practices

Towards MDG 7
•Where the region stands on the water target
•Where the region stands on the sanitation target

Publications

Progress on drinking water and sanitation
•Joint UNICEF/WHO Monitoring Programme Global Report (2010)
•Joint UNICEF/WHO Monitoring Programme Global Report (2008)

Report card
•A snapshot of drinking water in Africa (June 08)
•A snapshot of sanitation in Africa (June 08)

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