Global Water Supply and Sanitation Assessment 2000 Report (UNICEF - WSSCC - WHO, 2000, 90 p.): 11. Northern America: 11.2 Water supply and sanitation coverage

Global Water Supply and Sanitation Assessment 2000 Report (UNICEF - WSSCC - WHO, 2000, 90 p.)

11. Northern America

		(introduction...)
		11.1 Overview
		11.2 Water supply and sanitation coverage

11.2 Water supply and sanitation coverage

Table 11.1 provides data for 1990 and 2000, by country, area or territory.

Coverage data are available for only two of the five areas in the region, Canada and the United States of America. Coverage is high for water supply and sanitation in these two countries, with only the rural areas of Canada reporting less than 100% coverage.

No map has been provided for Northern America, as data are only available for two countries. The data available for Canada and the United States of America suggest that coverage is very high and has remained so over the 1990s. Population projections for the region suggest that the urban population will continue to grow, while the rural population will decline. In terms of meeting sector targets, an additional 39 million people will need access to both urban water supply and sanitation by 2015, mainly because of population growth.

TABLE 11.1 NORTHERN AMERICA: WATER SUPPLY AND SANITATION COVERAGE BY COUNTRY, AREA OR TERRITORY, 1990 AND 2000

	Year	Total population¹(thousands)	Urban population (thousands)	Rural population (thousands)	% urban water supply coverage	% rural water supply coverage	% total water supply coverage	% urban sanitation coverage	% rural sanitation coverage	% total sanitation coverage
Bermuda	1990	59	59	0
	2000	65	65	0
Canada	1990	27 791	21 283	6 508	100	99	100	100	99	100
	2000	31 146	24 017	7 129	100	99	100	100	99	100
Greenland	1990	55	44	11
	2000	56	46	10
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	1990	7	6	1
	2000	7	6	1
United States of America	1990	254 076	191 159	62 917	100	100	100	100	100	100
	2000	278 357	214 915	63 442	100	100	100	100	100	100

¹Source: (10)