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Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all

Goal 6: Clean water and sanitation

The goal is divided into several sub-goals: access to safe drinking water (6.1) and adequate sanitation, taking into account the special needs of women and girls (6.2), improvement of water quality (6.3), efficient use and sustainable abstraction of water by all sectors (6.4), implementation of integrated water resources management (6.5) and protection and restoration of water bodies and water-dependent ecosystems (6.6). Measures to this end are to strengthen international cooperation and support to developing countries in capacity building for water and sanitation (6.a), and to promote local community involvement in water management and sanitation (6.b).

Goal 6: Clean water and sanitation. Transparent cup filled with water on a blue background. © UN

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