Access
The water supply and sanitation infrastructure is insufficient, especially in rural areas and concerning sanitation. There are substantial discrepancies between access data from various sources, partially because of different definitions being used by different institutions that are providing access data. According to the Joint Monitoring Program for Water Supply and Sanitation of UNICEF and WHO access is as follows:
| Urban (51% of the population) |
Rural (49% of the population) |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Water | Broad definition | 91% | 80% | 86% |
| House connections | 33% | 3% | 18% | |
| Sanitation | Broad definition | 19% | 6% | 14% |
| Sewerage | ? | ? | ? | |
However, according to the multi-donor Africa MDG assessment access to an improved water sources is much lower (56%) and access to improved sanitation is higher (35%).
The share of non-functional supply systems in Ghana is estimated at almost one third, with many others operating substantially below designed capacity. Moreover, domestic water supply competes with a rising demand for water by the expanding industry and agriculture sectors. Ghana aims at achieving 85% coverage for water supply and sanitation by 2015, which would exceed the Millennium Development Goals' target of 78%.
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