Sanitation Updates

Yemen: Sanitation services limited, sewage treatment plants poor

March 6, 2008 · Leave a Comment

SANAA, 5 March 2008 (IRIN) – Sanitation services in Yemen are limited. Almost all villages in rural areas, where 75 percent of Yemen’s 21 million people live, still use traditional means: Sewage is either dumped in watercourses or piped onto open ground.

Officials at the Ministry of Water and Environment said the government was striving to improve sanitation services, but lacked funds.

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Categories: Middle East & North Africa · Sanitary Facilities · Wastewater Management
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