Sewage Should Be Treated at Source, ADB Expert Tells Environmental Summit
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - To meet the water and sanitation needs of expanding cities, local government leaders in the Asia-Pacific region have to ensure that household sewage is treated at the source and that drinking water is not used for other purposes, according to an ADB expert. Kallidaikurichi Easwaran Seetharam, an ADB Principal Water Supply and Sanitation Specialist, said during his keynote speech at the Mayors’ Asia-Pacific Environmental Summit (MAPES) opening today in Melbourne that the region risks not being able to provide water and sanitation systems to its expanding cities by 2015 if interim action is not taken now. Mr. Seetharam is also a member of the MAPES organising committee. “In 2002, about 669 million people were still without access to safe drinking water. Of the 2.6 billion people in the world without access to improved sanitation facilities, 2 billion are in the Asia-Pacific region,” he said. Read the full release. About ADB |  |
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