Water Supply and Sanitation in Mauritania : Turning Finance into Services for 2015 and Beyond

The situation within the water supply and sanitation (WSS) sector in Mauritania is somewhat contradictory: in spite of the weakness of the institutions in charge of the sector and the lack of financing for sanitation and, more recently, for the rural water supply (RWS) subsector, significant improvements have been made in the access rates since 1990. The institutional reform of the RWS subsector, notably marked by the implementation of a delegated management system for water supply networks, has led to improvements in both service quality and access, at a pace which remains only slightly below that required to meet the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) targets. In rural areas, the institutional framework remains poor and unstable. The management of water supply networks still needs to be improved; the sanitation subsector lacks both a clear intervention strategy and resources. These are the priority areas that need to be worked on to stimulate the capacity to mobilize and absorb financing, both domestic and donor. This second AMCOW Country Status Overview (CSO2) has been produced in collaboration with the Government of Mauritania and other stakeholders.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	World Bank
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Nairobi 2011
Subjects:	ACCESS TO DRINKING WATER, ACCESS TO SANITATION, ACCESS TO SERVICES, ACCESS TO WATER, ACCESS TO WATER SUPPLY, BASINS, BOREHOLES, CONSTRUCTION, CONSTRUCTION OF INFRASTRUCTURE, CUBIC METER, CUBIC METER OF WATER, DISPOSAL SITE, DISTRIBUTION CHAIN, DRINKING WATER, DROUGHT, ELECTRICITY, EQUITABLE ALLOCATION, GROUNDWATER, GROUNDWATER RESOURCES, GROUNDWATER TABLE, HIGH LEVELS, HOUSEHOLD CONNECTION, HOUSEHOLD CONNECTIONS, HOUSEHOLD SANITATION, HOUSEHOLDS, HYGIENE, HYGIENE EDUCATION, INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER, INFILTRATION, INVESTMENT PLANNING, INVESTMENT PROGRAM, INVESTMENT REQUIREMENTS, LAND USE, LARGE TOWNS, LATRINES, LOCAL AUTHORITIES, LOW-INCOME POPULATION, MAINTENANCE OF WATER, MANAGEMENT OF WATER, MANAGEMENT OF WATER SUPPLY, NATIONAL WATER, NATIONAL WATER COMPANY, NATURAL WATER, NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLD CONNECTIONS, OPERATIONAL ACTIVITIES, OPERATIONAL FUNCTIONS, PERFORMANCE INDICATORS, PIPED WATER, PITS, POPULATION DENSITY, POPULATION GROWTH, POPULATION GROWTH RATE, PRIVATE OPERATORS, PUBLIC COMPANY, PUBLIC WATER, PUMPS, QUANTITIES OF WATER, REGULATORY AGENCY, REGULATORY TASKS, RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS, RURAL SANITATION, RURAL WATER, RURAL WATER SUPPLY, SANITATION COMPONENT, SANITATION COVERAGE, SANITATION FACILITIES, SANITATION INVESTMENT, SANITATION POLICY, SANITATION PROGRAM, SANITATION PROMOTION, SANITATION SECTOR, SANITATION SERVICE, SANITATION SERVICES, SANITATION STANDARDS, SERVICE DELIVERY, SERVICE OPERATOR, SERVICE QUALITY, SEWER SYSTEM, SEWER SYSTEMS, SEWERAGE, SLUDGE, SLUDGE TREATMENT, SPARE PARTS, STANDPIPES, STORMWATER, SUPPLY WATER, SURFACE WATER, SUSTAINABLE SERVICES, TARIFF STRUCTURE, TOILET, TOILET BLOCKS, TOWN, TOWN CENTER, TOWNS, TREATMENT PLANT, URBAN AREAS, URBAN CENTERS, URBAN SANITATION, URBAN WATER, URBAN WATER SUPPLY, URBAN WATER SUPPLY COVERAGE, USERS, UTILITIES, VACUUM TRUCKS, VOLUME OF WATER, VOLUMES OF WASTEWATER, WASTEWATER, WASTEWATER COLLECTION, WASTEWATER TREATMENT, WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS, WATER CONSUMPTION, WATER DISTRIBUTION, WATER LAW, WATER LOSSES, WATER POINT, WATER POINTS, WATER PRODUCTION, WATER QUALITY, WATER RESOURCES, WATER SERVICE, WATER SERVICES, WATER SHORTAGES, WATER SOURCE, WATER STORAGE, WATER SUPPLY, WATER SUPPLY FACILITIES, WATER SUPPLY OPERATOR, WATER SUPPLY PROJECTS, WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS, WATER TANKERS, WATER TARIFF, WATER VENDORS, WELLS,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2011/01/19184413/water-supply-sanitation-mauritania-turning-finance-services-2015-beyond https://hdl.handle.net/10986/17766
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