Publisher's Synopsis
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) explicitly state clean water and sanitation as the sixth of the 17 goals to be achieved by 2030. One of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) targets of halving by 2015 the proportion or percentage of the population without sustainable access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation has not yet been fulfilled. Clean water on the tap is still a luxury in Africa. Water exists in abundance in Africa but not in ways it can be accessed and used readily by ordinary people. Discovering solutions to the provision of access to clean and safe water in Africa remain still a big challenge. The SDGs have to be implemented fully and efficiently to make sure all people including rural households have access to clean and safe water and sanitation. Water is more critical than electricity and other necessities in life. One can find a way to live without electricity, but life without water is inconceivable. The priority to get water clean and accessible to all at the same time brooks no delay. There is a need to undertake serious research in order to discover new knowledge and insights on how clean water and sanitation can be realised for promoting the wellbeing of all the people in Africa. The contributions in this book explore the issue of water from various perspectives using a combination of primary and secondary data to generate new and original insights to advance knowledge related on how clean water and sanitation can be accessible to all the people in Africa. The move from MDGs to SDGs will no doubt make a big difference and there is a need to do research on how clean water and sanitation can be made accessible to all the people in Africa. We believe this book makes a critical contribution to the knowledge and understanding of the challenges faced by African countries regarding clean water and sanitation.
