The future of water in asia and the pacific
In 5 years, the world will approach the deadline for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Are we, the water sector in Asia and the Pacific, close to achieving water for all as we pledged under SDG 6?
Here is some good news: the region has seen an overall improvement in national water security.
Assessments from the ADB Asian Water Development Outlook 2020 (Figure 1) revealed that the number
of ADB developing member countries (DMCs) in the “nascent” and “engaged” stages of water security cumulatively decreased from 30 to 22, while the number of DMCs in the “capable” and “eective” stages increased from 19 to 27.
And here is the bad news: Asia and the Pacific, despite its economic progress, is not on track to meet
the SDG 6 targets (Figure 2). In a region with over 4 billion people, there are enormous challenges in safe water and sanitation service delivery. Around 500 million people still lack access to a basic water supply and 1.14 billion lack access to safely managed sanitation. Around 80% of wastewater is untreated,
contributing to persistent pollution and resulting in a regression in SDG indicator 6.6.1, which refers to
water-related ecosystems. Moreover, with climate change impacts and rapid urbanization threatening to undo or render obsolete the development work in recent decades, the water sector yet again faces a complex conundrum.
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