AWW-7 has as its theme “Toward Achieving Water Security and Safely Managed Sanitation for Africa”. Water security is defined as the capacity of a population to safeguard sustainable access to adequate quantities of acceptable quality water for sustaining livelihoods, human well-being, and socio-economic development; for ensuring protection against water-borne pollution and water-related disasters, and for preserving ecosystems in a climate of peace and political stability. (UN-Water, 2013) Safely managed sanitation services are defined as those enabling the population to use an improved sanitation facility, which is not shared with other households and where excreta are safely disposed in situ or transported and treated off-site. (https://washdata.org/monitoring/sanitation)
More information: https://africawaterweek.com/aww7/africa-water-week/
