Table 1. Joint Monitoring Programme classification of improved and unimproved water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) ³¹ .

Please note this table has been reproduced with permission from UNICEF

Service	Improved	Unimproved
Drinking water	Piped water, boreholes or tube wells, protected dug wells, protected springs, rainwater, and packaged or delivered water, and provided collection time is not more than 30 minutes for a round trip, including queuing	Unprotected dug well, unprotected spring, surface water (river, reservoirs, lakes, ponds, streams, canals, and irrigation channels).
Sanitation	Flush and pour flush connected to piped sewer, septic tanks or pit latrines; ventilated improved pit (VIP) latrine, composting toilets or pit latrines with slabs, and that are not shared with other households	Flush and pour flush not to sewer/septic tank/pit latrine, pit latrine without slab/open pit, bucket, hanging toilet/hanging latrine, no facility/bush/field
Hygiene	Availability of a handwashing facility on premises with soap and water	No handwashing facility on premises