World Bank2014-04-112014-04-112011https://hdl.handle.net/10986/17766The situation within the water supply and sanitation (WSS) sector in Mauritania is somewhat contradictory: in spite of the weakness of the institutions in charge of the sector and the lack of financing for sanitation and, more recently, for the rural water supply (RWS) subsector, significant improvements have been made in the access rates since 1990. The institutional reform of the RWS subsector, notably marked by the implementation of a delegated management system for water supply networks, has led to improvements in both service quality and access, at a pace which remains only slightly below that required to meet the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) targets. In rural areas, the institutional framework remains poor and unstable. The management of water supply networks still needs to be improved; the sanitation subsector lacks both a clear intervention strategy and resources. These are the priority areas that need to be worked on to stimulate the capacity to mobilize and absorb financing, both domestic and donor. This second AMCOW Country Status Overview (CSO2) has been produced in collaboration with the Government of Mauritania and other stakeholders.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOACCESS TO DRINKING WATERACCESS TO SANITATIONACCESS TO SERVICESACCESS TO WATERACCESS TO WATER SUPPLYBASINSBOREHOLESCONSTRUCTIONCONSTRUCTION OF INFRASTRUCTURECUBIC METERCUBIC METER OF WATERDISPOSAL SITEDISTRIBUTION CHAINDRINKING WATERDROUGHTELECTRICITYEQUITABLE ALLOCATIONGROUNDWATERGROUNDWATER RESOURCESGROUNDWATER TABLEHIGH LEVELSHOUSEHOLD CONNECTIONHOUSEHOLD CONNECTIONSHOUSEHOLD SANITATIONHOUSEHOLDSHYGIENEHYGIENE EDUCATIONINDUSTRIAL WASTEWATERINFILTRATIONINVESTMENT PLANNINGINVESTMENT PROGRAMINVESTMENT REQUIREMENTSLAND USELARGE TOWNSLATRINESLOCAL AUTHORITIESLOW-INCOME POPULATIONMAINTENANCE OF WATERMANAGEMENT OF WATERMANAGEMENT OF WATER SUPPLYNATIONAL WATERNATIONAL WATER COMPANYNATURAL WATERNUMBER OF HOUSEHOLD CONNECTIONSOPERATIONAL ACTIVITIESOPERATIONAL FUNCTIONSPERFORMANCE INDICATORSPIPED WATERPITSPOPULATION DENSITYPOPULATION GROWTHPOPULATION GROWTH RATEPRIVATE OPERATORSPUBLIC COMPANYPUBLIC WATERPUMPSQUANTITIES OF WATERREGULATORY AGENCYREGULATORY TASKSRESIDENTIAL BUILDINGSRURAL SANITATIONRURAL WATERRURAL WATER SUPPLYSANITATION COMPONENTSANITATION COVERAGESANITATION FACILITIESSANITATION INVESTMENTSANITATION POLICYSANITATION PROGRAMSANITATION PROMOTIONSANITATION SECTORSANITATION SERVICESANITATION SERVICESSANITATION STANDARDSSERVICE DELIVERYSERVICE OPERATORSERVICE QUALITYSEWER SYSTEMSEWER SYSTEMSSEWERAGESLUDGESLUDGE TREATMENTSPARE PARTSSTANDPIPESSTORMWATERSUPPLY WATERSURFACE WATERSUSTAINABLE SERVICESTARIFF STRUCTURETOILETTOILET BLOCKSTOWNTOWN CENTERTOWNSTREATMENT PLANTURBAN AREASURBAN CENTERSURBAN SANITATIONURBAN WATERURBAN WATER SUPPLYURBAN WATER SUPPLY COVERAGEUSERSUTILITIESVACUUM TRUCKSVOLUME OF WATERVOLUMES OF WASTEWATERWASTEWATERWASTEWATER COLLECTIONWASTEWATER TREATMENTWASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTSWATER CONSUMPTIONWATER DISTRIBUTIONWATER LAWWATER LOSSESWATER POINTWATER POINTSWATER PRODUCTIONWATER QUALITYWATER RESOURCESWATER SERVICEWATER SERVICESWATER SHORTAGESWATER SOURCEWATER STORAGEWATER SUPPLYWATER SUPPLY FACILITIESWATER SUPPLY OPERATORWATER SUPPLY PROJECTSWATER SUPPLY SYSTEMSWATER TANKERSWATER TARIFFWATER VENDORSWELLS10.1596/17766