Basic Drinking Water Services in Institutional Settings

Copy of WASH indicators to select from Copy of WASH indicators to select from 100% 10 N22 "Institutional settings" are defined as schools (for children 6 to 18 years) and health facilities (public or private). A "basic drinking water service" is defined as improved sources or delivery points that by nature of their construction or through active intervention are protected from outside contamination, in particular from outside contamination with fecal matter. Drinking water sources meeting these criteria include: Piped drinking water supply on premises Public tap/standpost; Tube well/borehole Protected dug well Protected spring Rainwater; and/or bottled water (when another basic service is used for handwashing, cooking or other basic personal hygiene purposes) "Institutional settings" are defined as schools (for children 6 to 18 years) and health facilities (public or private). A "basic drinking water service" is defined as improved sources or delivery points that by nature of their construction or through active intervention are protected from outside contamination, in particular from outside contamination with fecal matter. Drinking water sources

An institution is counted as "gaining access" to a basic drinking water service if the service is either newly established or rehabilitated from a non-functional state as a result of the project, and this institutional did not previously have similar "access"; and the service is on the premises of the institution
 

Type of institution i.e. schools or health facilities