Clean water and sanitation

Goal 6

People

Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all.

What it means

Everyone needs safe drinking water, toilets and good hygiene, and water resources must be used wisely.

Key targets

Universal access to safe water and sanitation, an end to open defecation, better water quality, and efficient water use.

Pakistan and this goal

Pakistan is one of the world's most water-stressed countries, and much drinking water is contaminated, causing diseases such as typhoid and diarrhoea.