1. UNESCO-IHP Contribution to SDG 6 on Water and Sanitation
And update on other activities
Aurélien Dumont
Amersfoort –
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2. UNESCO-IHP & SDG 6
1) The current development of SDG 6 Targets and Indicators
2) Groundwater components of the indicator “Water quality”
3) IWRM and transboundary cooperation and indicator 6.5.2
4) Other activities
Many of these activities benefiting from data and expertise from the UNESCO Centre on Groundwater IGRAC:

3. I - SDG 6 Targets and Indicators: current development
17 SDGs for people-planet-prosperity-peace-partnership

4. I - SDG 6 Targets and Indicators: current development
…including one dedicated to water and sanitation 4

5. SDG 6 Targets
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 5

6. I - SDG 6 Targets and Indicators: current development

7. II - Target 6.3 - Water Quality
“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”
Proportion of wastewater safely treated
Proportion of bodies of water with good ambient water quality
Indicators 7

8. III - Target 6.5 - IWRM and transboundary cooperation
“By 2030, implement integrated water resources management at all levels, including through transboundary cooperation as appropriate”
Degree of integrated water resources management implementation (0-100)
Proportion of transboundary basin area with an operational arrangement for water cooperation
Methodology developed by UNECE and UNESCO
Indicators

9. Indicator 6.5.2: Proportion of transboundary basin area with an operational arrangement for water cooperation.
Most of the world’s water resources are shared: transboundary lake and river basins account for 60% of global freshwater. Some 286 transboundary main river basins and 592 transboundary aquifers have been identified. However, cooperation is in most cases not advanced.
Operational
a joint body, joint mechanism or commission for transboundary cooperation
regular formal communications between riparian countries in form of meetings
joint or coordinated water management plan(s), or joint objectives have been set
regular exchange of data and information.

10. Indicator 6.5.2: Proportion of transboundary basin area with an operational arrangement for water cooperation.
a1 + a2 + a5
a1 + a2 + a3 + a4 + a5 = =
Main steps for calculation:
1- calculate the surface area of each transboundary basin and the total sum within a country.
2- verify which transboundary basins are covered by a cooperation arrangement.
3- check which of the existing arrangements are operational: a) a joint body, b) communications, c) joint plan or objectives, d) exchange of data and information.
Operational arrangement
(aquifer)
No operational arrangement 21 34
X 100%
= 61.8% a1 a2 a4 a5 a3

11. Data availability for Indicator 6.5.2
Country process: Data would be most reliably collected and validated at the national level
International sources of information can support and complement the information by the countries and allows to have a first baseline / overview.
Transboundary river basin delineations and areas as well as presence of an agreement and of a basin organisation: Global Environment Facility supported Transboundary Waters Assessment Programme (TWAP)
International Freshwater Treaties Database, Oregon State University
Information about transboundary aquifers : regional inventories of the UNESCO-led Internationally Shared Aquifer Resources Management, database of the UNESCO International Groundwater Resources Assessment Centre (IGRAC); Etc.
Transboundary Aquifers (TWAP)
UNESCO will help countries in monitoring (providing data, tools, support…)
foster transboundary cooperation to reach the 6.5 target

12. MAIN RESULTS OF THE UNESCO-IHP COMPONENT ON COASTAL AQUIFERS AND GROUNDWATER
1. INVENTORY AND CHARACTERIZATION OF 45 MAIN COASTAL AQUIFERS IN 12 COUNTRIES
Making coastal aquifers “visible” and recognized by the countries.
Collecting for each aquifer a set of data that, when combined, gives a first description of its present hydro-geological, environmental, socio-economic, and governance conditions, and of its interactions with adjoining water-bodies and ecosystems.
2. ASSESSMENT OF 26 REPRESENTATIVE COASTAL GROUNDWATER RELATED WETLANDS
Assessment of their characteristics, origin, current status and governance
Status and trends and of the wetland services contributing to human livelihoods evaluated in accordance with the UN Millennium Ecosystem Assessment
Establishment of guidelines for integrated management of groundwater related coastal wetlands
3. COASTAL AQUIFERS SUPPLEMENT TO THE TDA FOR THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA LME
The TDA Supplement identifies situations where coastal aquifer degradation compounds the severity of the main issues of transboundary concern in the Mediterranean:
Land Based Pollution
Degradation and Conversion of Critical Habitats
Anthropogenic Pressures on Coastal Zones. 12

13. New activity: “Conjunctive Water Resources Management”
NOT
We need you!
IWRM
Conjunctive Water Resources Management
NOT
Aquifer management
-River-Groundwater interaction
-MAR

14. Thank you WHYMAP groundwaterportal.org 14
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15. UNESCO IHP Water Security

16. 2 IHP-VIII 2014-2021 WHYMAP Groundwater in a changing environment
2.1 - Enhancing sustainable groundwater resources management
2.2 - Addressing strategies for management of aquifers recharge
2.3 - Adapting to the impacts of climate change on aquifer systems
2.4 - Promoting groundwater quality protection
2.5 - Promoting management of transboundary aquifers
WHYMAP