Hands-on Workshop on Sanitation and Wastewater Management
ADB Headquarters, Manila: 19-20 September 2005
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For the past 25 years, development of sanitation and wastewater management in ADB's developing member countries (DMCs) has generally lagged far behind the development in water supplies, despite the fact that they are mutually connected. This is partly due to lack of funding and partly due to lack of prioritization in DMC agendas. (Exceptions include Korea in the mid 1980s and the People's Republic of China in the 1990s). Yet the hygiene that goes with good water supply will probably fail if complementary sanitation and wastewater management is not also provided. It is time to make an assessment of what has been and what can be done. Business as usual is not an option for ADB or for most of its DMCs.
Also, in the last 25 years, technologies and approaches for sanitation and wastewater management have been developing. There may be viable alternatives to traditional, high investment/high cost solutions, depending on the local situation.
To investigate the options and alternatives to find viable solutions for small, medium and large communities in its DMCs1 , ADB convened a group of experts and NGOs in a hands-on working conference focused on sanitation and wastewater.
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- Examine alternative solutions and best practices on sanitation and wastewater management.
- Strategize a way forward for ADB and its DMCs in sanitation, hygiene and wastewater management.
- Promote networking among experts and practitioners in the sector.
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The findings from the workshop will be incorporated in new ADB publications covering the need for, and most appropriate approaches to, development and management of sanitation and wastewater disposal in Asia. All participants will be acknowledged in these publications.
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Experts, practitioners and NGOs involved in sanitation and wastewater participated in the conference.
View the list of participants.
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Individuals, organizations, companies and NGOs involved in the sanitation, hygiene and wastewater management sectors were invited to submit papers in application to attend the hands-on workshop.
Based on the submittals, ADB invited people to attend the workshop in Manila. Read the details of the call for papers. Download the pdf version.
The following papers were submitted and served as background materials for the workshop:
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Country Water Actions: Sanitation
Seminar on Sanitation and Wastewater Management: The Way Forward
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- Small communities are defined as having up to 10,000 inhabitants, large communities as having one million or more inhabitants and medium communities with 10,000 up to one million inhabitants.
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