Millennium Task Force on Water and Sanitation

To help the international community reach the MDG's, the United Nations established the Millennium Project to be able to quantify what measures and resources will be needed to meet the MDG's. The UN-Secretary General and the UNDP Administer commissioned the Project; the Millennium Project is a three-year effort (June 2002-June 2005) to identify the best strategies for meeting the MDG's. Ten thematically-oriented Task Forces made up of independent experts perform the majority of the work, with each task for being responsible for recommendations for achieving one or more of the MDG targets.

The Task Force on water and Sanitation (Task Force 7) focuses primarily on the strategy for meeting MDG Target 10, accesses to water supply and basic sanitation. Access to water supply and sanitation is also crucial for meeting most of the goals such as poverty eradication, improving material health and combating major diseases. The findings and recommendation of the Millennium Task force seven can be found in the interim report.