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SMOSS monitoring guidance Annex D (service authority)

July 2025
Cover page for SMOSS guidance annex d, with a photo of mechanized pit emptying in Ecuador
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Brief summary

These annexes accompany the Guidance for Monitoring SMOSS to provide additional details on indicators, core and expanded questions and tools for designing monitoring systems to collect data for SDG 6.2.1. These annexes have been developed as part of the Monitoring SMOSS pilot project and are informed by the pilots conducted in ten countries as part of this project as well as other global examples of monitoring of safely managed sanitation services. The annexes are split into the following documents and are available with the main guidance at https://washdata.org/monitoring/sanitation/safely-managed-on-site-sanitation 

A. Global indicators for monitoring SMOSS
B. Data collection – Household questionnaire
C. Data collection – household sanitation inspections
D. Data collection - Service authority and service provider surveys
E. Analysis to inform national estimates for SDG 6.2.1

Report highlights

Annex D Data collection - Service authority and service provider surveys: 

Contents
D.1 Introduction p D-2
D.2 Service authority surveys p D-3
D.3 Emptying and transport service p D-10 (provider surveys)
D.4 Treatment service provider p D-14 (surveys)
D.5 Data collection – treatment plant p D-19 (inspections / spot checks)
D.6 Example service provider p D-22 (questionnaires)
D7. Sampling considerations p D-25

Report type
Monitoring category
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