"Network for Cooperation in Integrated Water Resource Management for Sustainable Development in Latin America and the Caribbean, No. 47”

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) replaced the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in 2016 as the principal framework for international targets for the drinking water and sanitation sector. This represents a significant change insofar as SDG which seeks to “ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all” entails meeting stricter standards than those of the MDGs…While the MDGs referred to access to improved sources of drinking water and to improved sanitation facilities, SDGs introduce new considerations. With regard to water services, stresses the need for universal and equitable access to safe and affordable drinking water for all and to substantially increase water use efficiency…