East Asia and the Pacific Region Urban Sanitation Review : A Call for Action

This study summarizes the main challenges to scaling up access to sustainable sanitation services in the urban areas of three countries in the East Asia and Pacific region-Indonesia, Philippines and Vietnam-and proposes the main steps these countries need to take to redress the status quo. The report is divided into four chapters. The first chapter provides an overview of the current level and quality of access to urban sanitation in the region. The second chapter examines the causes leading to the current state of urban sanitation, using four thematic areas: people, technology, institutions and finance. The third chapter identifies those factors that need to be in place to trigger a different way of doing business in the sector and that may ultimately lead to transformational changes. The final chapter proposes recommendations on how countries can upgrade and scale up urban sanitation services.

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Main Author: World Bank
Language:English
en_US
Published: Washington, DC 2013-11
Subjects:ACCESS TO SAFE WATER, ACCESS TO SANITATION, ACCESS TO WATER, ACCESS TO WATER SUPPLY, AERATION, BACTERIA, BILL COLLECTION, BILLING, BLOCK TARIFFS, BOD, CATCHMENT, CATCHMENT AREA, CENTRAL GOVERNMENT, CLEAN WATER, CLEAN-UP, CLIMATE CHANGE, COLLECTION SYSTEM, COLLECTION SYSTEMS, COMBINED SEWER SYSTEMS, COMBINED SEWERAGE, COMBINED SEWERS, COMMERCIALIZATION, COMMUNAL TOILETS, CONNECTION, CONNECTION RATE, CONSTRUCTION, CONSUMER REPRESENTATION, COST RECOVERY, CUBIC METER, DEMAND FOR SANITATION, DESLUDGING, DISPOSAL OF WASTEWATER, DITCHES, DOMESTIC WASTEWATER, DRAIN, DRAINAGE, DRAINAGE SYSTEMS, DRAINS, DRINKING WATER, EFFECTIVE SANITATION, EFFECTIVE WATER, EFFICIENT WATER USE, EFFLUENTS, ELECTRICITY, ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES, ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, EXCRETA, FE, FECAL COLIFORM, FECES, FINANCIAL VIABILITY, FLUSH TOILETS, FUTURE WATER NEEDS, GARBAGE, GAS, GASES, GROUNDWATER, GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION, HOUSE CONNECTION, HOUSE CONNECTIONS, HOUSEHOLD CONNECTION, HOUSEHOLD CONNECTIONS, HOUSEHOLD SANITATION, HOUSEHOLD WASTE, HUMAN EXCRETA, HUMAN WASTE, HYGIENE, INADEQUATE SANITATION, INADEQUATE WATER, INFILTRATION, INVESTMENT COST, INVESTMENT DECISIONS, INVESTMENT PROPOSALS, INVESTMENTS IN SANITATION, IRRIGATION, LANDFILLS, LARGE CITIES, LEAKS, LEAST COST, LITERS PER CAPITA PER DAY, LOCAL PRIVATE OPERATORS, LOCAL WATER, LOCAL WATER UTILITIES, METROPOLITAN WATERWORKS, MONITORING PROGRAM, NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLD CONNECTIONS, NUMBER OF SEWER CONNECTIONS, NUTRIENTS, OPEN SEWER, ORGANIC LOAD, ORGANIC MATTER, OXYGEN, OXYGEN DEMAND, PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKS, PIPED WATER, PIPES, PIT LATRINES, POLLUTION, POOR WATER QUALITY, POPULATION DENSITIES, POPULATION DENSITY, POPULATION GROWTH, POPULATION GROWTH RATE, PROVISION OF WATER, PUBLIC FACILITIES, PUBLIC HEALTH, PUBLIC SEWER SYSTEM, PUBLIC UTILITIES, PUBLIC WORKS, QUALITY OF DRINKING WATER, RAINWATER, RECEIVING WATERS, RECYCLED WATER, REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT, REGULATORY FRAMEWORK, RESERVOIRS, REUSE OF WATER, RIVERS, RUNOFF, SAFE DISPOSAL, SAFE WATER, SANITARY ENGINEERS, SANITATION ACCESS, SANITATION COVERAGE, SANITATION DEVELOPMENT, SANITATION FACILITIES, SANITATION INFRASTRUCTURE, SANITATION INVESTMENTS, SANITATION MANAGEMENT, SANITATION OPERATIONS, SANITATION POLICIES, SANITATION PRACTICES, SANITATION PROBLEMS, SANITATION PROGRAM, SANITATION PROGRAMS, SANITATION SECTOR, SANITATION SERVICE, SANITATION SERVICES, SANITATION SOLUTIONS, SANITATION STRATEGY, SATELLITE TOWNS, SEPARATE SEWERAGE, SEPTIC TANK, SEPTIC TANK CLEANING, SEPTIC TANK DESIGN, SEPTIC TANK EMPTYING, SEPTIC TANKS, SERVICE DELIVERY, SERVICE PROVIDER, SERVICE PROVIDERS, SERVICE PROVISION, SEWAGE, SEWAGE NETWORK, SEWAGE SLUDGE, SEWAGE SYSTEMS, SEWER NETWORKS, SEWER PIPES, SEWER SYSTEMS, SEWERAGE CONNECTIONS, SEWERAGE NETWORK, SEWERAGE NETWORKS, SEWERAGE SYSTEM, SEWERAGE SYSTEMS, SEWERS, SLUDGE, SOLID WASTE, STORM WATER, SUSTAINABLE SANITATION, SUSTAINABLE SERVICES, TOILET, TOILET FACILITIES, TOILET SYSTEM, TREATED WASTEWATER, TREATING WASTEWATER, URBAN AREA, URBAN AREAS, URBAN CENTERS, URBAN HOUSEHOLDS, URBAN SANITATION, URBAN SANITATION IMPROVEMENTS, URBAN SEWERAGE, URBAN WASTEWATER, URBAN WATER, URBAN WATER SERVICES, USERS, VOLUME OF WATER, WASTE, WASTE WATER, WASTE WATER TREATMENT, WASTES, WASTEWATER, WASTEWATER COLLECTION, WASTEWATER DISPOSAL, WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT, WASTEWATER SYSTEMS, WASTEWATER TREATMENT, WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITIES, WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS, WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEMS, WASTEWATER TREATMENT TECHNOLOGY, WASTEWATER UTILITIES, WATER BODIES, WATER COMPANY, WATER CONSUMPTION, WATER QUALITY, WATER RESOURCES, WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT, WATER REUSE, WATER SECTOR, WATER SERVICE, WATER SHORTAGES, WATER SUPPLIES, WATER SUPPLY, WATER TREATMENT PLANT, WATER UTILITIES,
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/11/18812734/east-asia-pacific-urban-sanitation-review-call-action
https://hdl.handle.net/10986/17616
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Summary:This study summarizes the main challenges to scaling up access to sustainable sanitation services in the urban areas of three countries in the East Asia and Pacific region-Indonesia, Philippines and Vietnam-and proposes the main steps these countries need to take to redress the status quo. The report is divided into four chapters. The first chapter provides an overview of the current level and quality of access to urban sanitation in the region. The second chapter examines the causes leading to the current state of urban sanitation, using four thematic areas: people, technology, institutions and finance. The third chapter identifies those factors that need to be in place to trigger a different way of doing business in the sector and that may ultimately lead to transformational changes. The final chapter proposes recommendations on how countries can upgrade and scale up urban sanitation services.