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In 2017, the JMP defined a new term: "basic water service". This is defined as the drinking water coming from an improved source, and provided the collection time is not more than 30 minutes for a round trip. A lower level of service is now called "limited water service" which is the same as basic
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Indicator 6.1.1 of SDG 6 is "Proportion of population using safely managed drinking water services". The term "safely managed drinking water services" is defined as: "Drinking water from an improved water source that is located on premises, available when needed and free from fecal and priority
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for monitoring purposes. It is defined as a type of water source that, by nature of its construction or through active intervention, is likely to be protected from outside contamination, in particular from contamination with
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Bottled water, if the secondary source used by the household for cooking and personal hygiene is unimproved
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Indicator 6.1.1 in 2020: "Proportion of population using safely managed drinking water services".
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To allow for international comparability of estimates for monitoring the
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in 2002 to help monitor the progress towards Goal Number 7 of the
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Number of people without access to an improved water source, 2020
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service but the collection time is longer than 30 minutes.
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Water sources that are not considered as "improved" are:
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Water source that is protected from outside contamination
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Service levels are defined as (from lowest to highest):
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The same terms are used to monitor progress towards
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water supply
fecal matter
Joint Monitoring Program (JMP) for Water Supply and Sanitation
UNICEF
WHO
Millennium Development Goals

SDG 6
Sustainable Development Goal 6
Surface water
source
Millennium Development Goals
World Health Organization
UNICEF
Joint Monitoring Program (JMP) for Water Supply and Sanitation
standpipes
boreholes
dug wells
springs
spring supply
Rainwater collection
Bottled water

dug wells
springs
Human right to water and sanitation
"WHO / UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply and Sanitation"
the original

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