About This Course

This course is designed to allow flexible learning for people who are engaged in the water quality sector and who are interested in how to engage with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and specifically in SDG 6 for Water. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were introduced in 2015 to provide a framework of goals and targets that would lead to a more sustainable future worldwide by 2030. Goal 6 specifically aims for more sustainable use of freshwater resources. Progress towards the goals is monitored by defined indicators that are reported by countries worldwide to the United Nations, including an indicator for water quality in surface and groundwaters. This course introduces the background and concepts of the SDG indicator for water quality and explains how countries should implement the associated methodology and report their results. Progress with application of the methodology, and results up to 2024, are illustrated with examples from the Nile River basin.