Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation

Description

Goal 6: Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all

Targets

6.1 By 2030, achieve universal and equitable access to safe and affordable drinking water for all

6.2 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

6.3 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

6.4 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

6.5 By 2030, implement integrated water resources management at all levels, including through transboundary cooperation as appropriate

6.6 By 2020, protect and restore water-related ecosystems, including mountains, forests, wetlands, rivers, aquifers and lakes

6.a 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

6.b Support and strengthen the participation of local communities in improving water and sanitation management

National set of indicators for monitoring progress towards the UN Sustainable Development Goal 6

NATIONAL SET OF INDICATORS FOR MONITORING PROGRESS TOWARDS THE UN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOAL 6
Indicator ID	Indicator name	Source	Unit of measure	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
6.1.E.65	Population connected to public water supply	Eurostat (based on NSI data)	%	99.33^e	99.33^e	99.42^e	99.51^e	99.41^e	99.44^e	99.42^e	.
6.2.U.66	Proportion of population using safely managed sanitation services	UN Global database	Relative share of the population	65.9598^е	67.2013^е	68.4654^е	69.4519^е	70.4442^е	71.4425^е	72.4467^е	73.4566^е	.	.
6.2.E.67	Population having neither a bath, nor a shower, nor indoor flushing toilet	Eurostat	%	11.1	10.7^#	9.8	8.9	7.5	7.0	4.7
6.3.E.68	Relative share of discharged wastewater with at least secondary treatment to the total amount of discharged wastewater	Eurostat (based on NSI data)	Percentage of population	60.63	61.84	63.19	63.72	64.51	65.05	65.30	.
6.3.E.69	Biochemical oxygen demand in rivers	Eurostat	Milligrams O2 per litre	2.89	2.48	3.11	2.39	2.65	3.19	2.89	2.59
6.3.E.70	Nitrate in groundwater	Eurostat	Milligrams NO3 per litre	31.26	32.76	29.68	29.79	29.56	30.56	31.36	34.89
6.3.E.71	Phosphate in rivers	Eurostat	Milligrams PO4 per litre	0.096	0.100	0.132	0.106	0.148	0.193	0.169	0.145
6.4.U.72	Level of water stress: freshwater withdrawal as a proportion of available freshwater resources	UN Global database	%	41.61	42.05	41.82	40.10	40.08	36.73	38.52	40.24	.	.
6.5.U.73	Degree of integrated water resources management implementation	UN Global database	%	x	x	60	x	x	69	x	x	68	.
6.5.U.74	Proportion of transboundary basins (river and lake basins and aquifers) with an operational arrangement for water cooperation	UN Global database	Basin area, in km2, covered by operational arrangements	x	x	99.55	x	x	99.55	x	x	100	.
6.6.U.75	Change in the extent of water-related ecosystems over time, series: 'Lakes and rivers permanent water area (square kilometres)'	UN Global database	square kilometres	417.5856^e	415.1052^e	419.4932^e	424.8854^e	426.0222^e	422.4168^e	420.0476^e	415.5206^e	.	.
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Country: Bulgaria

Source: United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs

Publications

Date	Name	File
30.01.2019	Sustainable development of Bulgaria 2005 - 2016	2742.06 kb
28.06.2010	Sustainable Development of Bulgaria 2008	104.65 kb
20.10.2008	Sustainable Development of Bulgaria 2007	19.71 kb