Goal 6: Clean water and sanitation - The Global Goals (2024)

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What is the goal 6 clean water and sanitation objectives? ›

Goal 6: Ensure access to water and sanitation for all. Access to safe water, sanitation and hygiene is the most basic human need for health and well-being. Billions of people will lack access to these basic services in 2030 unless progress quadruples.

Don't overuse water. Make sure to close a tap when washing dishes, take short showers – Bathtubs require gallons more water than a 5-10 minute shower. Consider getting a water meter to be aware of your water usage. Organize a clean up project for rivers and oceans.

SDG target 6.3 is: 'By 2030, improve water quality by reducing pollution, eliminating dumping and minimizing release of hazardous chemicals and materials, halving the proportion of untreated wastewater and substantially increasing recycling and safe reuse globally. '

Global Goal 6 aims to ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all by 2030. Access to clean water and sanitation is a basic human right. Yet, billions of people around the world lack access to these essential resources.

Worldwide, more than 2 million people die every year from diarrhoeal dis- eases. Poor hygiene and unsafe water are respon- sible for nearly 90 per cent of these deaths and mostly affect children.

SDG 6 Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all. Brief Note. Goal 6 strives to ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all and reflects the increased attention on water and sanitation in the global political arena.

Sustainable management of water resources and access to safe water and sanitation are essential for unlocking economic growth and productivity, and provide significant leverage for existing investments in health and education.

Safely managed drinking water means using an improved sanitation facility that is not shared with other households and where excreta are either safely disposed of in situ or removed and treated off-site.

In addition to water stress, countries and territories are facing growing challenges linked to water pollution, degraded water-related ecosystems, water scarcity caused by climate change, and a lack of cooperation on transboundary waters. The world is not on track to achieve Goal 6.

Contaminated water and poor sanitation are linked to transmission of diseases such as cholera, diarrhoea, dysentery, hepatitis A, typhoid and polio.

What is the best way to clean water? ›

Boil. If you don't have safe bottled water, you should boil your water to make it safe to drink. Boiling is the surest method to kill disease-causing germs, including viruses, bacteria, and parasites. adding a pinch of salt for each quart or liter of boiled water.

Our cherished way of life depends on clean water: healthy ecosystems provide wildlife habitat and places to fish, paddle, surf, and swim. Our economy depends on clean water: manufacturing, farming, tourism, recreation, energy production, and other economic sectors need clean water to function and flourish.

The Global Goals and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development seek to end poverty and hunger, realise the human rights of all, achieve gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls, and ensure the lasting protection of the planet and its natural resources.

Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy. Goal 7 is about ensuring access to clean and affordable energy, which is key to the development of agriculture, business, communications, education, healthcare and transportation.

In short, all the SDGs depend on the achievement of Goal 5. Gender equality by 2030 requires urgent action to eliminate the many root causes of discrimination that still curtail women's rights in private and public spheres.

Establish Wastewater Treatment Facilities: Set up systems for treating and safely disposing of wastewater to prevent contamination of water sources and the spread of waterborne diseases.

The CWA aims to prevent, reduce, and eliminate pollution in the nation's water in order to "restore and maintain the chemical, physical, and biological integrity of the Nation's waters", as described in CWA section 101(a).

Objectives of WASH Programmes

The main objective of WASH programmes in disasters is to reduce the transmission of faeco-oral diseases and exposure to disease-bearing vectors through the promotion of: good hygiene practices. provision of safe drinking water. reduction of environmental health risks.

To decide and implement the Water Supply & Sanitation service standards. To operate and maintain the Water Supply & Sanitation service standards. To operate and maintain the Water Supply Schemes to develop human resources for the effective implementation of programmes.