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Access to drinking water has increased during the last decade and Nepal is likely to reach near universal access to drinking water by 2015. Those without access may be a relatively small number of communities in difficult geographic settings and some urban and rural settlements. However, access to drinking water does not necessarily imply access to safe drinking water as the piped drinking water is unsafe in most locations throughout the year. Although several cities including capital have a drinking water supply network, they are facing a chronic shortage of water due to unplanned urban growth. The sanitation coverage in the country, estimated at 25 %, is far from adequate. The urban environment is becoming highly degraded, due to discharge of untreated wastewater into water bodies and unmanaged solid waste. |
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Location: Nepal |
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Partner: Asian Development Bank, Madhyapur Thimi Municipality, Ministry of Physical Planning and Works (MPPW), Environment and Public Heath Organisation (ENPHO), Department of Urban Development NS Building Construction (DUDBC) and Department of Water Supply and Sanitation (DWSS), Kathmandu Valley Water Management Board (KVWMB) |
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Donor: UN-HABITAT Water and Sanitation Trust Fund |
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The Kathmandu Valley with 1.6 million population is one of the most populated centers of the country situated at an altitude of about 1350 m above mean sea level. It is a bowl shaped landmass spanned over an area of about 667 km2. The Valley has seen rapid and unplanned growth since the 1970's and land use pattern has changed dramatically. It is predicted that by 2010, about 43% of the present agricultural land will be converted into urban area and about 60 % of villages will have urban to semi urban growth. Already more than 37 % of the rural settings are in urban and peri urban characteristics in terms of population size and access to city.
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