Assessment of achieving sustainable development of clean water and sanitation (SDG6) goals for the Srepok river basin.

Abstract

This paper presents the results of the assessment of achieving sustainable development of clean water and sanitation (SDG6) goals for the Srepok river basin by the research team at the Water Resources Institute (WRI). The assessment results of some key indicators including “Proportion of the population using safely managed drinking water services 6.1.1”, “Proportion of the population using safe managed sanitation services 6.2.1a”, “Proportion of bodies of water with good ambient water quality 6.3.2”, and “Proportion of transboundary basin area with an operational arrangement for water cooperation 6.5.2” are achieved at rather high levels (83-100%) compared with the target set by the United Nations for those in 2030. Moreover, the “Current progress of implementing integrated water resources management” (6.5.1) in Vietnam in general and the Srepok river basin in particular, is still slow, according to results obtained from using the questionnaire survey developed by UNEP, as 55% (high average level). In addition, the “Increasing level of water stress (indicator 6.4.2)” globally poses a challenge for each country and river basin in the process of implementing the goal to improve this issue.