Access
According to the Ministry of Environment, access to water supply and sanitation has reached 93% in 2008, meaning that Venezuela achieved the UN Millennimum Development Goals for water and sanitation ahead of time. The WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Program's most recent estimates from 2008 are based on the 2001 census results and show that 93% of citizens had access to potable water and 91% had access to sanitation. A study for the Corporación Andina de Fomento (CAF), however, estimates based on figures from the 2001 census and HIDROVEN statistics that only 82% of the population had access to an improved source of water in 2001. The same source also quotes a lower coverage figure for sanitation than the WHO (only 66%). According to the same study over 4.2 million people had no access to piped water and 8 million residents did not have access to adequate sanitary facilities in 2001. Rural consumers are particularly under-serviced – only 66% receive potable water and 40% have access to adequate sanitation. In the period 1990-2001 the share of population with access to water supply and sanitation modestly increased from 81% to 82% for water, and 63% to 66% for sanitation.
| Water and sanitation coverage in Venezuela (2005) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Urban (93% of the population) | Rural (7% of the population) | Total | ||
| Water | Broad definition | 94% | 75% | 93% |
| House connections | 89% (2001) | 49% (2001) | ||
| Sanitation | Broad definition | 94% | 57% | 91% |
| Sewerage | 73% (2001) | 12% (2001) | ||
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP/2008) and JMP country files for Venezuela. Data are based on an extrapolation of the trend between the 1991 and 2001 Censuses.
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