Water and Sanitation for All in Tunisia : A Realistic Objective
In recent decades, Tunisia has made remarkable progress in reducing poverty and increasing access to water supply, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) services. More than 4 million people in Tunisia have gained access to improved sanitation between 1990...
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2018
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/633951499266691889/A-Realistic-Objective http://hdl.handle.net/10986/30859 |
| Summary: | In recent decades, Tunisia has made
remarkable progress in reducing poverty and increasing
access to water supply, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH)
services. More than 4 million people in Tunisia have gained
access to improved sanitation between 1990 and 2015, and 4
million have gained access to water. This is a significant
accomplishment, considering that Tunisia is currently home
to 11 million people, 33 percent of whom live in rural
areas. Despite this progress, however, around 250,000 people
in Tunisia still rely on unimproved drinking water from
mostly unprotected wells and springs; of the 900,000 people
who use unimproved sanitation, about half use shared
latrines, and the other half use mostly unimproved latrines.
There are also substantial imbalances in terms of
water-resource distribution between the better endowed North
and the semi-arid South. If left unaddressed, deficiencies
could become more severe in the coming years. Tunisia is a
water-scarce country, and water supply security challenges
are predicted to be exacerbated by climate change in the
coming years. Opportunities for improvement are analyzed and
condensed into five clear recommendations for the way
forward for the WASH sector in Tunisia. |
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