Water

Project site	Kieu Ky, Hanoi, Viet Nam
Cost	US$ 50,000
Status	Completed
Approval date	June 2007
Completion date	February 2009
Category	Urban Services
ADB officer	Hubert Jenny
Partner	Transport and Urban Public Works Service, Hanoi People’s Committee and EAST Viet Nam

Kieu Ky, a peri-urban commune of over 10,000 people, relies on private wells for water. People's main livelihoods are agriculture and crafts, such as gold beating, cardboard recycling, and bags, plastics, and metals manufacturing.

Like other craft communes, Kieu Ky faces severe pollution problems due to inadequate sanitation and wastewater disposal from both domestic and craft making activities. Households’ onsite sanitation needs to be improved and upscaled, while wastewater disposal practices and their impacts on the environment and public health need to be studied. Industrial wastewater from craft activities is often discharged untreated into irrigation canals and paddy fields. Furthermore, untreated industrial wastewater is threatening the quality of underground water resources.

This PDA will develop a sanitation model in Kieu Ky for possible replication in other peri-urban areas in Viet Nam and other parts of Southeast Asia.

• A shortlist of appropriate sanitation and wastewater technologies for both domestic and industrial wastewater disposal
• Market researches and Information and Education Campaign activities to prepare the community for a water and sanitation program
• Trainings and workshops to increase knowledge, capacity, and skills of local sanitation and technology researchers and experts
• Pilot package wastewater treatment plant

• Proposal (June 2007) [ PDF ]
• Final Report (February 2009) [ PDF ]

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