UN-HABITAT has been implementing the Water for African Cities Programme since 1999. The programme is a direct follow-up to the Cape Town Declaration, adopted by African Ministers in December 1997, addressing the urgent need for improved water management in urban areas of the continent.

Detail the scale of inadequate provision of water and sanitation, impacts on health and economic performance, showing the potential gains of remedial action

This document was produced through a joint initiative of the United Nations Human Settlement Programme UN-Habitat in association with Rand Water.

The world’s governments agreed at the Millennium Summit to halve the number of people who lack access to safe water, mainly in the world’s cities, by 2015. With rapidly growing urban populations the challenge is immense. Water and Sanitation in the World’s Cities is a comprehensive and authoritative assessment of the problems and how they can be addressed. This influential publication by the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) sets out in detail the scale of inadequate…

This report provides an overview of the importance of Water Demand Management (WMD) in South Africa. It highlights the significance of improving water use efficiency in the Vaal River System.

This publication is intended to assist those who are professionally involved in urban land use and management.

A report addressing the issues of operation and maintenance of infrastructure water facilities.

This case study examines a successful example of supplying water to a rural settlement. Elements specific to this success are noted, as are aspects of the programme which need improvement.

Reports in a precise way on why inadequate water-supply and waste disposal management in developing countries is one of the consequences of the low priorities and limited funds assigned to these sectors in national development plans.