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OCTOBER 2012
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OCTOBER 2012
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oor peri-
and Bogor
and South
Quintile 4
Quintile 3
2010
Quintile 2
2007
Urban
Figure 2. Percentage of
households with
access to safe water,
by rural/urban and
wealth quintile, 2007 &
2010. Source: Riskesdas
Rural
Indonesia
0%
10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
Figure 1.
Percentage of
households with
access to
improved water
sources, by
province. Source:
Riskesdas 2010.
JMP criteria,
bottled water not
included.
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
Indonesia iswith
currently
on track
to achieve
thein
Comparison
2007 not
shows
safe water
access
2015
MDG
target
in
safe
water.
Calculations
using
2010 has declined by about seven per cent. This
Indonesias national MDG criteria for safe water and
reversal
is largely
to a decline
inIndonesia
urban areas (by
data from
the 2010due
census
show that
23
per cent
of 2007
levels, Figure
2). Access
towith
safe
needs
to reach
an additional
56.8 million
people
safe water
supply
bydecreased
2015. Alternatively,
thecent
criteria
water
in Jakarta
has
from 63 ifper
in
of
the
WHO-UNICEF
Joint
Monitoring
Programme
2010 to 28 per cent in 2007, according to Riskesdas.
2 were to be used, Indonesia
(JMP) for safe
water
Surprisingly,
the
two highest
wealth quintiles have
would need to reach an additional 36.3 million people
also
seen Currently,
a decline even
in safe
access by 8 and 32
by 2015.
in water
the better-performing
per
cent
respectively
compared
to
2007. Those
who
provinces (Central Java and DI Yogyakarta),
around
oneafford
in three
households
lacks
safe water
can
it buy
packaged
or access
bottledtodrinking
water:
supply (Figure
1). households in Indonesia did so
one-third
the urban
in 2010.
Quintile 5
(highest wealth)
Quintile 1
(lowest wealth)
DKI Jakarta
Bangka Belitung
Papua
Central Kalimantan
Riau Islands
West Kalimantan
Banten
South Sumatra
East Nusa Tenggara
Aceh
Jambi
East Kalimantan
North Sulawesi
West Papua
Riau
South Kalimantan
Maluku
South Sulawesi
West Sumatra
Bali
West Sulawesi
North Sumatra
West Java
Central Sulawesi
Bengkulu
Lampung
Southeast Sulawesi
East Java
West Nusa Tenggara
North Maluku
Gorontalo
DI Yogyakarta
Central Java
eptic
in 2010
has declined
by about
cent.
Open
defecation
is a health
andseven
socialper
issue
that
This
reversal
is
largely
due
to
a
decline
in
urban
needs urgent attention. Some 17 per cent of
areas (by 23 per cent of 2007 levels, Figure 2).
households in 2010 or about 41 million people still
Access to safe water in Jakarta has decreased from
defecate
in the
open.toThis
includes
one63 per cent
in 2010
28 per
cent in more
2007, than
according
third
of the population
in Gorontalo,
Westwealth
Sulawesi,
to Riskesdas.
Surprisingly,
the two highest
quintiles
have also
seenNusa
a decline
in safe
water
Central
Sulawesi,
West
Tenggara
and
West
access
by
8
and
32
per
cent
respectively
compared
Kalimantan. The practice is even found in provinces
to 2007. Those who can afford it buy packaged or
with
relatively
sanitation
bottled
drinkinghigh
water:
one-thirdcoverage,
the urbanand amongst
the
urban
population
and
across
wealth quintiles
households in Indonesia did so in all
2010.
(Figures 3 and 4).
Bangka Beli
Beng
South Sula
Central
North Sum
Ba
North Sula
East Kalima
DI Yogyak
Riau Isla
DKI Jak
Jakarta) is
performing
Tenggara)
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common
insanitary
into the o
proportion
or spring f
within 10 m
In Jakarta,
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by househ
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to safe water,
/urban and
quintile, 2007 &
urce: Riskesdas
2010
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e 2).
ased from
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wealth
water
ompared
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Improved
sanitation facilities
Shared/
unimproved
sanitation facilities
Open defecation
Figure 3.
Percentage of
households
using different
means of excreta
disposal, by
province. Source:
Riskesdas 2010,
using JMP
criteria for
improved
sanitation.
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
groups
hat for
households
ies is
proportion
on facilities
at in the
es are also
nitation in
t, DKI
Barriers
100%
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ill not on
n target.
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provinces
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quintiles
Jakarta)
is three times
higher thanproportion
that in the worst
without
treatment.
A significant
of all
performing province (22.4 per cent, East Nusa
urban
households
using
a
pump,
well
or
spring
for
Tenggara).
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This will require better data collection and
monitoring systems than currently exist for school
water and sanitation. In addition, systems for water
quality testing and reporting need to be strengthened
and the data made public.
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This is one of a series of Issue Briefs developed by UNICEF Indonesia. For more information, contact jakarta@unicef.org or go to www.unicef.or.id