From the situational analysis, behaviors, attitudes and practices and water quality in the Cotonou’s city through two complementary studies conducted by the office of Benin of Pan-African Intergovernmental Agency for Water and Sanitation for Africa (WSA Benin) for the SAC-TIC project context of implemented by the the consortium WSA-Benin, PNE-Benin, SONEB and SOLUTIS, the following major observations were made:

- Only 22.92% consume drinking water at the point of consumption ;

- 32.55% of the water samples analyzed are contaminated with Escherichia coli, which is the best indicator of the risk of water-borne diseases ;

- Households who source from collective access points, or from neighbors, 67.1% use open containers such as basins without cover ;

- 64.07% of the samples contain residual chlorine, of which 35.16% in the form of traces;

- 56.4 % of households have a connection to SONEB at home;

- 67.1% Households sourcing from collective access points, or from neighbors, use open containers such as unshelled basins;

- However, 94.7% ensure the correct cleaning of the containers before drawing;

- 48.2% use sachets to stabilize the water;

- Only 12.9 % and 17.9 % of tank and barrel users respectively close them properly with adequate covers;

- 65.2% of households say they clean storage containers at least once a week, 76.22% of which do so at least twice;

- 50.2% use the reserves made in anticipation of the eventualities of SONEB’s water cuts.