Water & Sanitation Programme

Size

Isolation

Vulnerability

Human resources

Financial resources

Limited land & water resources

Ownership & governance

Self-sufficiency

Daily per capita water use

Sphere standard

15 litres

15 L/p/d

Atoll communities

25litres

25litres

about 50 L/p/d

Pacific neighbours

25litres

25litres

25litres

25litres

25litres

25litres

25litres

25litres

200 L/p/d and more

25litres

25litres

25litres

25litres litres litres litreslitres

Percentage of populations using improved drinking water sources in 2013

Source: WHO & UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme

Percentage of populations using improved sanitation facilities in 2013

Source: WHO & UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme

Massive effort required to meet proposed SDGs of universal access by 2030

5.2M

3.1M

Source: Sanitation, Drinking-Water and Health in Pacific Island Countries: Breaking the Barriers to Progress, SPC, UNICEF & WHO, 2015

Mounting pressures on PIC water security…

Daily Challenges

Climate Variability

Climate Change

Water Security Health SanitationGovernance

SustainabilityInfrastructure CapacityInformation

PollutionFinance

Floods Drought

ENSO

Frequency Intensity Degradation

Improvements quantified at the household level

The Pacific is extremely vulnerable to the immediate and most severe health impacts of climate change, and faces a set of unique challenges in protecting health and securing safe drinking water and sanitation for all.

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A fundamental recalibration of efforts by PICs and partners will be required to achieve SDG’s calling for universal access to water and sanitation.

2

Significantly increased and sustained investment is required to implement the multi-sectoral health, water and sanitation solutions essential to the resilience of Pacific communities. This must be underpinned by the principles of development effectiveness.

3

In the Pacific, local communities, including women, are the front line defence against the health, water and sanitation impacts of climate variability and climate change, and need support to implement sustainable solutions on the ground.

4