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GHS Series Volume VIII: Water and Sanitation, in-depth analysis of the General<\/b><\/p>\n
\u00a0Household Survey 2002\u20132015 and Community Survey 2016 data<\/b><\/p>\n
Statistics South Africa today released the Water and Sanitation: an in-depth analysis of the GeneralHousehold Survey, 2005-2015 and Community Survey 2016 data report, according to the report,
\nnationally, 92,5% of households had access to improved drinking water sources. Western Cape(99,4%), Free State (99,3%), Northern Cape (99,1%) and Gauteng (98,6%) reported almost universal
\naccess to improved drinking water sources. Although Eastern Cape had the lowest percentages of\u00a0households (75,7%) with access to improved drinking water sources, the province reported the largest
\npercentage points increase from 2002, when 60,9% of households reported accessing improved\u00a0drinking water sources.<\/p>\n
The odds of households in Eastern Cape (3,227), KwaZulu-Natal (2,713), Gauteng (2,748), North West(1,317), Mpumalanga (1,567) and Limpopo (1,400) to access unimproved drinking water sources were\u00a0greater than the odds of households in Western Cape. However, the difference was insignificant for the\u00a0latter three provinces. The odds of households living in rural areas, non-metro, traditional and informal\u00a0dwellings were respectively 2,664, 3,549, 2,495 and 1,594 times more than the odds of households in\u00a0urban areas, metros and formal dwellings to access unimproved drinking water sources. Households
\nliving in OR Tambo (49%), Alfred Nzo (46%), Zululand (24%), Sisonke (23%) and UMkhanyakude (20%) still relied on ground water as a source of drinking water.<\/p>\n
During 2009, 88% of households lived less than 200 metres away from the outside-yard toilet facility,\u00a0whereas in 2015 the percentage increased to 94%. Nationally, the percentage of households with\u00a0access to municipal water increased from 84% to 86%, but the proportion of households who reported\u00a0interruptions over the 12 months before the survey increased from 23,1% to 25,4% between 2009 and\u00a02015.<\/p>\n
Nationally, the percentage of households with access to improved sanitation facilities increased from\u00a062,3% in 2002 to 80% in 2015. Many households in Western Cape (93,3%) and Gauteng (91%) had\u00a0access to improved sanitation facilities, while about half those in Limpopo (54%) and just below twothirds\u00a0of those in Mpumalanga (65,8%) had access to improved sanitation facilities. It is notable that\u00a0access to improved sanitation facilities grew most rapidly in Eastern Cape (+48,2 percentage points)\u00a0between 2002 and 2015. The metros with the highest percentage of households with access to\u00a0improved sanitation facilities were the City of Johannesburg (96,9%), Nelson Mandela Bay (94,6%)\u00a0and the City of Cape Town (91,8%). The metros with the lowest percentages of households with\u00a0access to improved sanitation facilities were the City of Tshwane (82%) and eThekwini (83,5%). The\u00a0odds of households in the other eight provinces to have access to unimproved sanitation facilities were\u00a0greater than the odds of households in Western Cape.<\/p>\n
Nationally, 1,2% of households reported using the bucket toilet system. Western Cape (4%) recorded the highest percentage of households using the bucket toilet system followed by Free State (2,7%) and Northern Cape (2,4%). As many as 6,8% of households living in informal dwellings reported using the bucket toilet system. Using either CS 2016 or GHS 2015 data, households who lived in Buffalo City, eThekwini and the City of Tshwane reported lower percentages as far as the use of the bucket toilet system was concerned. Nationally, 4% of households practised open defecation, and these percentages were even higher for households living in traditional dwellings (12,1%) and informal dwellings (10,3%). The highest percentages of households who practised open defecation was reported in Buffalo City. Dr Isabelle Schmidt Media Release\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a023 November 2016 GHS Series Volume VIII: Water read more »<\/a><\/p>\n
\nIssued by Statistics South Africa<\/strong>
\nMs Kefiloe Masiteng
\nDeputy Director General: Population & Social Statistics
\nTel: (012) 310 4663
\nEmail: kefiloem@statssa.gov.za<\/p>\n
\nChief Director: Social Statistics
\nTel: (012) 337 6379
\nCell: 082 884 4281
\nEmail:isabelsc@statssa.gov.za
\nMedia Enquiries contact:<\/strong>
\nMs Lesedi Dibakwane
\nTel: (012) 310 8578
\nCell: 082 805 7088
\nEmail: lesedid@statssa.gov.za<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"