Asia Focus

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Sustainable Wastewater and Fecal Sludge Management in Asia:

Fit-for-Purpose Solutions

2017 Stockholm World Water Week in Stockholm 29 August, 2017

Millions of people still lack access to basic sanitation

• Proportion of People withoutaccess to safe sanitation declinedfrom 48% to 35% from 2000 to2015

• Socio-economic disparities

30 % of population lived in slums-under served

over half of the rural residents stilllack access to improved sanitation

Continue to practice opendefecation

(ex) South East Asia: 100 millionSouth Asia: 610 million

(one in two people in India)

• 1.5 billion people still need to gainaccess to improved sanitationfacilities to achieve SDG target

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% of rural population

% of urban population

Figure: Population using safely managed sanitation service improved sanitation

% of total population

Source: ESCAP, 2017

Wastewater is still being discharged without any treatment

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Table: Urban wastewater collected (% of population)

Source: ADB, Asian Water Development Outlook 2016

Discharge of the drainage water into rivers-Contamination of the freshwater,degradation of land and water resources

Huge demand for access to improvedsanitation & wastewater treatment systemsfor socio-economic growth

Limited Resources and investment, publicawareness and willingness to pay forsanitation & wastewater management service

67 % for Thailand 10 % for Vietnam

33 % for India 26% for Bangladesh

38% for Mongolia 45% for Azerbaijan

Old WWTP in Bhutan_Mr. PierreFlamand

Nontaburi, Thailand FSTP_Mr. Wutyi Naing

Event Objectives

• To discuss the ways to promote sustainable sanitation, sludge & wastewater management in different sectors by sharing case studies from the countries of 4 Sub-regions in Asia

• Key Aspects will be examined including:

Appropriate technology selection

Centralized and Decentralized treatment system

Institutional & financial framework

Stakeholders’ involvement

Alternative management & business models

Enabling Environment 4

Agenda14:00-14:05

Overview of this SessionMs. Yumiko Asayama, Manager, Japan Water Forum, Secretariat of Asia-Pacific Water Forum (APWF)

Sharing Case Studies

14:05-14:10

Myanmar’s WASH’ program Mr. Htun Lwin Oo Secretary, National Water Resources CommitteeDirector General, Directorate of Water Resources and Improvement of River Systems

14:10-14:25

Scaling-up Non Sewer Sanitation Dr. Roshan Shrestha, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF)Fecal Sludge Management in South and South East AsiaDr. Thammarat Koottatep, Asia Institute of Technology (AIT)

14:25-14:35

Fecal Sludge Management in Transition: Case Studies from India Mr. Ravi Narayanan, APWF Governing Council Chair; ARGHYAM, Bangalore, India

14:35-14:45

Wastewater and Fecal Sludge Management for Sanitation and Sustainable Development – The Case of JapanMr. Pierre Flamand, Manager (International Affairs), Japan Sanitation Consortium

14:45 -14:55

Azerbaijan, Kyrgyz Republic: Examples on Wastewater Treatment TechnologyMs. Lu Shen, Senior Urban Development Specialist, Asian Development Bank (ADB)

14:55-15:00

Agricultural drainage water management in Central Asia (reuse and recycle)Dr. Iskandar Abdullaev, Executive Director, CAREC 5

Agenda

Panel Discussion, interacting with audience

15:00-15:27

Ways forward to implement good practices in Asian Developing Countries

What works or does not work for fit-for-purpose solutions, where and why?: Discuss in terms of technologies, institutional and systems, and resource requirements

Panelists:• Prof. Dr. Khin NiNi Thein, Secretary, Advisory Group, National Water Resources

Committee (NWRC), Myanmar• Dr. Roshan Shrestha, BMGF• Dr. Thammarat Koottatep, AIT• Mr. Pierre Flamand, JSC • Ms. Lu Shen, ADB• Dr. Iskandar Abdullaev, CAREC

Moderator: Mr. Ravi Narayanan, APWF Governing Council Chair

15:27-15:30

Summary & Wrap Up Mr. Ravi Narayanan, APWF Governing Chair

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3rd Asia-Pacific Water Summit(3rd APWS)

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• The outcomes of this event will be reflected in the discussion & Policy Declaration in 3rd APWS

• Date: 11 and 12 December 2017

• Host : the Republic of the Union of Myanmar & Asia-Pacific Water Forum

• Theme : Water Security for Sustainable Development

• Invitees: Heads of Governments in Asia-Pacific Region, Leaders of international, regional organizations, etc

• Objectives:

To set out a course toward sustainable development of the region with a perspective on water

Showcase leadership in decision making, excellence in practice and innovation for IWRM & water-based economy