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CE 333: Environmental Engineering II

July 2014 SemesterLevel-3, Term II

CN-7: Sanitation Scenario

Department of Civil EngineeringBangladesh University of Engineering and Technology

(BUET)

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Sanitation Scenario in Bangladesh: 2003

Result of comprehensive survey carried out in 2003:Area/ Number of Households Households Total Households

Reg on House o s w tHygienicLatrines

(%)

w tUnhygienic

Latrines (%)

House o swith

Latrines(%)

W t NoLatrines

(%)

National 2,13,94,093 33.22 24.80 57.95 41.99Rural 1,83,26,332 28.77 24.33 53.10 46.90

Urban 30,67,761 59.77 27.62 87.39 12.61City Corps. 12,16,424 69.92 27.55 97.47 2.53

Municipalities 18,51,337 53.10 27.66 80.76 19.24

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Present Sanitation Scenario in Bangladesh

Bangladesh is now in second position in sanitationcoverage in South Asia (after Sri Lanka) (according to Joint

- .

Nationally, 97% people now use latrines (JMP, Unicef-, , . Among latrines, 57% have been classified as improved,

28% as shared and 12% as unimproved (JMP, Unicef-, .

Open defecation has come down from 34% in 1990 to 3%in 2012 (JMP, Unicef-WHO, 2014).

[Water Supply Situation:Piped-10%; Other Improved-75%; Unimproved-15%]

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Water Supply and Sanitation in Hard to ReachAreas and People Remain a Challenge

Areas having poor water supply and sanitation coverage dueto adverse hydro-geological conditions, having poor andinadequate communication network, and areas sufferingfrom frequent natural calamities are referred to as hard toreach (HtR) areas; and people who do not have any fixedplace for living (floating population) are called hard toreach (HtR) people.

Hard to Reach (HtR) areas/people include: Coastal Areas Char Areas Wetland Areas

Barind Areas Hill Areas Urban Slums

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National Strategy forWater and Sanitation:

Areas - 2011

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