Clean water and sanitation (GOAL 6)

The Sustainable Development Goals solution delivers a set of capabilities that help governments share progress made on Sustainable Development Goals.

We have less than eight years to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. Maps can help us better understand them and monitor progress.

Streamlining data collection allowed the City of Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, to better identify suspected lead pipes and start replacing them.

To identify areas with inadequate facilities, the organization used GIS at the village level—and is making progress in improving assets.

Will Arizona run out of water? The Arizona Water Blueprint, a new water mapping tool, visualizes the data and tells the story.

The San Francisco Estuary Institute worked with partners to develop an automated workflow for validating trash monitoring methods.

Using Survey123 for ArcGIS and Microsoft Flow (Power Automate), water management staff save time and money conducting boat inspections.

The Tipping Point Planner Program helps participants link watershed data to local decision-making processes to better plan for the future.

Nonprofit land trust organizations implement environmental planning using conservation strategies such as conservation easements.

A nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving water quality and a viable rural economy in upstate New York used imagery and GIS.

The Floodplain Prioritization Tool guides protection efforts and evalutes development impacts.

While business executives focus on energy consumption, emissions, and sustainable practices, some experts say they’re overlooking the greatest rising threat.

The Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet, Division of Water has made data about water quality much more accessible via an interactive map-based site.

Tulare County, California, used GIS to understand who lives without drinkable water, addressing infrastructure inequities.

An enterprising group of young computer coders in India develop a low-cost a low-cost system that can help ensure the safety of water in rural areas.

While business executives focus on energy consumption, emissions, and sustainable practices, some experts say they’re overlooking the greatest rising threat.

Explore place-based stories, created with ArcGIS StoryMaps, that highlight the impacts of water quality and quantity around the world.

See how researchers at Taita Taveta University are using imagery and ArcGIS technology to mitigate the grim effects of gully erosion in southeastern Kenya.