Access to Drinking Water and Sanitation in Rural Kazakhstan

Kamshat Tussupova, Peder Hjorth and Ronny Berndtsson
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Kamshat Tussupova: Department of Water Resources Engineering, Lund University, Box 118, Lund SE-22100, Sweden
Peder Hjorth: Department of Water Resources Engineering, Lund University, Box 118, Lund SE-22100, Sweden
Ronny Berndtsson: Department of Water Resources Engineering, Lund University, Box 118, Lund SE-22100, Sweden

IJERPH, 2016, vol. 13, issue 11, 1-13

Abstract: The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) require nations to ensure adequate water supply for all. For Kazakhstan, this means that rural areas will need much stronger attention as they have been rather neglected in efforts to comply with the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). This study aims to establish a baseline data concerning the current situation in villages that will need interventions according to the SDGs. The study was performed by means of questionnaires. The results should be seen as initial guidelines that can help to illuminate some of the uncounted challenges in future efforts to meet the SDG targets. As hardly any information exists about sanitation in rural Kazakhstan, the study essentially focuses on water services. The results show that 65% of rural dwellers want to connect and pay for the piped water supply. At the same time, about 80% have toilets outside their home. Consequently, the water program aiming at providing 80% of rural people with access to tap water from a centralized piped system will not be possible. However, by carefully managing the existing water supply and sanitation system in joint collaboration with the local users, significant progress can be made. The present results show the important first steps that need to be taken in this direction.

Keywords: access to drinking water; sanitation; water services; rural Kazakhstan; SDG (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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