GEO Haiti 2010

GEO HAITI • 2010
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Figure 36: Water Pumping at the Cul-de-Sac Plain
1.2.2 Drinking Water Supply
Access to potable water has improved over
the past 15 years. The percentage of the urban
population with access to water has increased
from 62% in 1990 to 70% in 2006. In the rural areas,
there is less access and progress has been more
modest, from 48% to 51% over the same period.
However, this doesn’t mean that potable water is
directly connected to homes. In urban areas, 21%
of dwellings are connected to a network, while in
rural areas, the percentage is only 4%. The graphs
below show the evolution to drinking water in
Haiti.
Source: Courtesy of P. Basquiat
Figure 37: The Access of Urban Population to
Drinking Water
Figure 38: Access of rural population to drinking
water
Percentage of population
100
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
48
2
49
Period
Access to drinking water
Connecting to a network
Source: WHO / UNICEF (2008). Joint Monitoring Programme for Water
Supply and Sanitation.
Coverage Estimates Improved Drinking Water
Although the country has registered an increase
in access to potable water, particularly in urban
areas, this still remains insufficient in relation to
the demographic growth. The spatial distribution
of access to fresh water is shown in Figure 38.
50
51
3 3 4
1990 1995 2000 2006
Percentage of population
100
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
Access to drinking water
Connecting to a network
67
70
62 65
27 25
24 21
1990 1995 2000 2006
Period
Source: WHO / UNICEF (2008). Joint Monitoring Programme for Water
Supply and Sanitation.
Coverage Estimates Improved Drinking Water