Table 2.

JMP classification of improved/unimproved water and sanitation facility types

Facility types	Water	Sanitation
Improved facilities	Piped supplies • Tap water in the dwelling, yard or plot • Public standposts Non-piped supplies • Boreholes/tubewells • Protected wells and springs • Rainwater • Packaged water, including bottled water and sachet water • Delivered water, including tanker trucks and small carts	Networked sanitation • Flush and pour flush toilets connected to sewers On-site sanitation • Flush and pour flush toilets or latrines connected to septic tanks or pits • Ventilated improved pit latrines • Pit latrines with slabs • Composting toilets, including twin pit latrines and container-based systems
Unimproved facilities	Non-piped supplies • Unprotected wells and springs	On-site sanitation • Pit latrines without slabs • Hanging latrines • Bucket latrines

Source Adapted from WHO; UNICEF. Progress on Drinking Water, Sanitation and Hygiene: 2017 Update and SDG Baselines; WHO: Geneva, 2017; ISBN 978–92-4–151,289-3. [4]