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- Published: 18 Jul 2016
Clean water and sanitation
AgriSmart is helping ensure access to clean water and sanitation for all in Côte d'Ivoire by:
- providing access to clean water, solar powered hot showers, toilets and sustainable sanitation systems in quad pod employee housing communities
- promoting clean water usage, sanitation, and personal hygiene education with certified medical technicians in mobile medical units
- managing agricultural runoff, as well as continually improving upon our sustainable water usage in all our practices
Goal 6: Clean water and sanitation
Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all
Data provided by Water and Sanitation - United Nations Sustainable Development (more)
Clean, accessible water for all is an essential part of the world we want to live in. There is sufficient fresh water on the planet to achieve this. But due to bad economics or poor infrastructure, every year millions of people, most of them children, die from diseases associated with inadequate water supply, sanitation and hygiene.
Water scarcity, poor water quality and inadequate sanitation negatively impact food security, livelihood choices and educational opportunities for poor families across the world. Drought afflicts some of the world’s poorest countries, worsening hunger and malnutrition.
By 2050, at least one in four people is likely to live in a country affected by chronic or recurring shortages of fresh water.
Facts and Figures:
- 2.6 billion people have gained access to improved drinking water sources since 1990, but 663 million people are still without
- At least 1.8 billion people globally use a source of drinking water that is fecally contaminated
- Between 1990 and 2015, the proportion of the global population using an improved drinking water source has increased from 76 per cent to 91 per cent
- But water scarcity affects more than 40 per cent of the global population and is projected to rise. Over 1.7 billion people are currently living in river basins where water use exceeds recharge
- 2.4 billion people lack access to basic sanitation services, such as toilets or latrines
- More than 80 per cent of wastewater resulting from human activities is discharged into rivers or sea without any pollution removal
- Each day,nearly 1,000 children die due to preventable water and sanitation-related diarrhoeal diseases
- Hydropower is the most important and widely-used renewable source of energy and as of 2011, represented 16 per cent of total electricity production worldwide
- Approximately 70 per cent of all water abstracted from rivers, lakes and aquifers is used for irrigation
- Floods and other water-related disasters account for 70 per cent of all deaths related to natural disasters
- By 2030, achieve universal and equitable access to safe and affordable drinking water for all
- By 2030, achieve access to adequate and equitable sanitation and hygiene for all and end open defecation, paying special attention to the needs of women and girls and those in vulnerable situations
- 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
- By 2030, substantially increase water-use efficiency across all sectors and ensure sustainable withdrawals and supply of freshwater to address water scarcity and substantially reduce the number of people suffering from water scarcity
- By 2030, implement integrated water resources management at all levels, including through transboundary cooperation as appropriate
- By 2020, protect and restore water-related ecosystems, including mountains, forests, wetlands, rivers, aquifers and lakes
- By 2030, expand international cooperation and capacity-building support to developing countries in water- and sanitation-related activities and programmes, including water harvesting, desalination, water efficiency, wastewater treatment, recycling and reuse technologies
- Support and strengthen the participation of local communities in improving water and sanitation management
SDGs .:. 17 Goals to Transform Our World
Goal 1: No Poverty
End poverty in all its forms everywhere
+ Read how AgriSmart is helping end poverty in Côte d'Ivoire ➜ SDG 1
Goal 2: Zero Hunger
End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture
+ Read how AgriSmart is helping end hunger in Côte d'Ivoire ➜ SDG 2
Goal 3: Good health and well-being
Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages
+ Read how AgriSmart is promoting health and well-being in Côte d'Ivoire ➜ SDG 3
Goal 4: Quality education
Ensure inclusive and quality education for all and promote lifelong learning
+ Read how AgriSmart is partnering to make education available to all in Côte d'Ivoire ➜ SDG 4
Goal 5: Gender equality
Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls
+ Read how AgriSmart is contributing to equal employment opportunities and pay for women and girls in Côte d'Ivoire ➜ SDG 5Goal 6: Clean water and sanitation
Ensure access to water and sanitation for all
+ Read how AgriSmart is developing in-home clean water access in employee housing micro-grids ➜ SDG 6
Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy
Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all
+ Read how AgriSmart is developing free smart utilities in Côte d'Ivoire employee housing micro-grids ➜ SDG 7
Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth
Promote inclusive and sustainable economic growth, employment and decent work for all
+ Read how AgriSmart is elevating the quality of life in Côte d'Ivoire by paying higher than average wages, and helping raise the national economy through export of surplus food generated to neighbor African countries ➜ SDG 8
Goal 9: Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
Build resilient infrastructure, promote sustainable industrialization and foster innovation
+ Read how AgriSmart is building resilient infrastructure, promoting sustainable industrialization, and fostering innovation in Côte d'Ivoire through the use of modern farm technology in intensive farming, and with sustainable investments into business to raise productive capacity ➜ SDG 9
Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities
Reduce inequality within and among countries
+ Read how AgriSmart is helping reduce inequality in Côte d'Ivoire by providing free employee housing with smart, eco-friendly utilities, clean water, and climate control, plus closing the gap by paying higher than average wages ➜ SDG 10
Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities
Make cities inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable
+ Read how AgriSmart is creating community by building Côte d'Ivoire employee housing micro-grids ➜ SDG 11
Goal 12: Responsible Consumption and Production
Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns
+ Read how AgriSmart is sustainably using agriculture waste in the production of other products, also further boosting the Côte d'Ivoire economy ➜ SDG 12
Goal 13: Climate Action
Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts
+ Read how AgriSmart is utilizing smart, renewable energy sources, such as solar powered electricity, and ozone friendly refrigerant free cooling systems in Côte d'Ivoire employee housing ➜ SDG 13
Goal 14: Life Below Water
Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources
+ Read how AgriSmart is contributing to the protection of oceans through responsible utilization of organic pesticides ➜ SDG 14
Goal 15: Life on Land
Sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, halt and reverse land degradation, halt biodiversity loss
+ Read how AgriSmart is nurturing life on land through reforestation using a system, called taungya, in intercropping between trees for optimized yields ➜ SDG 15
Goal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
Promote just, peaceful and inclusive societies
+ Read how AgriSmart is helping further the Côte d’Ivoire democratically elected president’s campaign for tribe and religion inclusivity, together with providing employment opportunites specifically for veterans of war through partnerships with organizations such as the Agency for Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration ➜ SDG 16
Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals
Revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development
+ Read about AgriSmart partnerships for sustainable development in Côte d'Ivoire including SODEFOR, and around the world ➜ SDG 17 Contact Contact Person: Trey Warme Headquarters: AgriSmart, Inc. 725 Rockville Pike, 3rd Floor Rockville, MD 20852 Phone: +1.858.776.4172 Email: email Website: http://agrismartinc.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/agrismartinc Twitter: https://twitter.com/agrismartinc LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/agrismart-inc-RELATED LINKS
Water and Sanitation - United Nations Sustainable Development (more) Goal 6 .:. Sustainable Development Knowledge Platform (more) Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development .:. Sustainable Development Knowledge Platform (more) Sustainable development goals - United Nations (more) AgriSmart, Inc. Côte d'Ivoire blog: 'sustainable development' category (more) AgriSmart, Inc. Côte d'Ivoire Do Well By Doing Good blog (more) ↑ Back to top
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Posted in About Us, Our Mission, Sustainable Development
Tagged #SDGs, clean water, food security, health, sanitation, Sustainable Development Goals