Access
According to the Joint Monitoring Program (JMP) for Water Supply and Sanitation of UNICEF and WHO, access to an improved water source increased from 85% in 1990 to 92% in 2010. Sanitation has long been regarded as a private responsibility, resulting in almost no connections to a sewerage system.
| Access to Water and Sanitation in the Philippines (2004) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Urban (49% of the population) |
Rural (51% of the population) |
Total | ||
| Water | Broad definition | 93% | 92% | 92% |
| House connections | 61% | 25% | 43% | |
| Sanitation | Broad definition | 79% | 69% | 74% |
| Sewerage | 7% | 2% | 5% | |
Independent surveys estimate a lower access rate using a narrower definition of supply. One estimate indicates that in 2000 only 63% of the population had access to publicly provided drinking water, with the rest relying on self-supply.
Read more about this topic: Water Supply And Sanitation In The Philippines
Famous quotes containing the word access:
“Oh, the holiness of always being the injured party. The historically oppressed can find not only sanctity but safety in the state of victimization. When access to a better life has been denied often enough, and successfully enough, one can use the rejection as an excuse to cease all efforts. After all, one reckons, “they” don’t want me, “they” accept their own mediocrity and refuse my best, “they” don’t deserve me.”
—Maya Angelou (b. 1928)
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Always yield to the Hands-On Imperative!
All information should be free.
Mistrust authority—promote decentralization.
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—Steven Levy, U.S. writer. Hackers, ch. 2, “The Hacker Ethic,” pp. 27-33, Anchor Press, Doubleday (1984)
“Lesbian existence comprises both the breaking of a taboo and the rejection of a compulsory way of life. It is also a direct or indirect attack on the male right of access to women.”
—Adrienne Rich (b. 1929)