Asia Water Week 2013: Securing Water for All (Main Event)
13 to 15 March 2013

The Asia Water Week 2013 aimed to deepen and expand analytical work in Asia's water sector to advance inclusive policy reforms and strengthen support to priority programs and projects. The analytical work provided basis for sustained public investment and increased mobilization of private sector investment and expertise. The conference has for its overarching theme "Securing Water for All." It covered crosscutting topics such as climate change, water-food-energy nexus, and disaster management as well as sub-sector specific discussions, including water supply and sanitation, water resources and environment, and agriculture and irrigation.

Program and Learning Materials
Session / Activity Title Speaker(s)
Opening Program Opening Remarks - Asia Water Week 2013: Securing Water for All
While Asia continues to show remarkable development and poverty reduction and expands its role significantly in the global economy, water security…
Bindu Lohani
Opening Program A Private Sector View of Water Security in Asia Fredrik Rosenholm
Opening Program Towards a Water Secure World
Water security increasingly becomes a global concern as it consistently ranks among the top five global risks in terms of impact. As water security…
Mohamed Ait Kadi
Plenary Session 1 - Water Insights: New Perceptions on Water Issues Too Much Water Keizrul bin Abdullah
Plenary Session 1 - Water Insights: New Perceptions on Water Issues Too Little Water Anders Berntell
Plenary Session 1 - Water Insights: New Perceptions on Water Issues Too Dirty Water Changhua Wu
Where is the Progress in Integrated Water Resources Management Application? Towards Integrated Water Resources Management and River Basin Planning in Nepal: The Bagmati River Basin Experience
Challenges impede the strong rationale for Nepal to adopt an Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) approach to manage its river basins—the…
Shishir Koirala, Laurent Anstett, Arnaud Cauchois, Lance Gore
Where is the Progress in Integrated Water Resources Management Application? Integrated Water Resources Management in Karnataka, India: A New Approach
The State of Karnataka, India, faces important water resource management challenges. Modernization of irrigation infrastructure and management…
KV Raju, Clive Lyle, Yasmin Siddiqi
Where is the Progress in Integrated Water Resources Management Application? Water Management in Korea: Progress and Implications for Integrated Water Resources Management
Due to some distinguishing characteristics of water resources and vulnerable topological conditions, water management is a complex task in Korea…
Kyung-Jin Min
Where is the Progress in Integrated Water Resources Management Application? Integrated Flood Risk Management in a Seamless Manner
Achieving Integrated Flood Risk Management (IFRM) in a seamless manner is possible through the use of a hydro-environmental simulation model…
Kuniyoshi Takeuchi
Sustainable Water Services Ensuring the Future of Mega Manila's Water Security
The steady rise of population growth in Asia’s megacities including the Philippines' capital city of Manila requires a holistic and integrated…
Ramon Alikpala
Sustainable Water Services Private Operators Delivering Performance and Efficiency for Water Users and Public Authorities
Most of the challenges public water and sanitation service operators—public, private, or mixed—face are similar in nature. Aquafed, an International…
Jack Moss
Sustainable Water Services Running Dry: Smart Water and Leak Detection
Results of a global survey among senior water utility executives reveal that increased water stress by 2030 is a foregone conclusion. Reducing water…
Steven Windsor
Sustainable Water Services Making Non-Revenue Water Reduction a National Priority: The Case of Viet Nam
Viet Nam is classified as a water stress country. ADB has been a key partner of the Government of Viet Nam in providing capacity building technical…
Hubert Jenny
Modernizing Agricultural Water Management A Comparative Study of Social Behavior in Irrigated and Rain-Fed Areas: The Case of Bohol Irrigation Scheme, the Philippines
This paper explores the connection between management of canal (gravity) irrigation and social behavior of farmers. It also examines the benefits of…
Hogeun Park, Takuji Tsusaka, Valerien Pede
Modernizing Agricultural Water Management Effectively Addressing Groundwater Management and Rural Climate Change in Shanxi Province, People's Republic of China
Shanxi Province in the People's Republic of China is no exception to the declining groundwater tables in the North China Plains. This presentation…
Guisheng Fan, Guiding Su, Frank van Steenbergen, Xiangrong Sun, Caiying Fan, Hongyan Li, Wen Zhong Zhang, Frank Radstake
Modernizing Agricultural Water Management Essence of Life: Solving Water at the Base of the Economic Pyramid
Lack of access to water directly impacts millions of smallholder farmers, a globally important group at the base of the economic pyramid. Xylem, a…
Keith Teichmann
Stakeholder Processes: Communicating Water Allocations Policy Instruments for Integrated Water Governance: Typology and Evaluation
A generic approach not bound to a certain state or region is used for testing the effectiveness of different policy instrument categories in…
Andreas Zysset, Tim Kempter
Stakeholder Processes: Communicating Water Allocations People's Participation in Sustainable Use and Management of Basin Water Resources: A Case Study of South West Area Integrated Water Resources Planning and Management Project
This paper discusses how sustainable development, with the use of modern technology and without compromising the vital ecosystems, can be achieved…
Kamalur Rahman Talukder, Fakhrul Abedin
Sustainable Water Services The Karachi Water Partnership Experience: An Initiative of Hisaar Foundation
With the mission of developing an environmentally-friendly city, Karachi Water Partnership (KWP) is the first urban water partnership in the world…
Amina Siddiqui
Sustainable Water Services Are Urban Water Tariff Structures Designed to Meet Local Challenges and Policy Goals?
Water and wastewater tariff structures may not always be designed to meet local priorities. The cities of Singapore, Jakarta, and Manila, are used as…
Sonia Ferdous Hoque, Dennis Wichelns
Sustainable Water Services Involving All Players: Key for Sustainability
Urban water management influences and is influenced by a wide range of interests. While stakeholder engagement has its limitations; it is, however, a…
Ralph Philip
Sustainable Water Services Future of Urban Water Management
Water security has its own share of opportunities and challenges. While the fastest growing economies are found in Asia, doing things differently is…
Kala Vairavamoorthy
Modernizing Agricultural Water Management Moving Targets: Irrigation Management Modernization in East Asia and the Pacific
The structural role and challenges of irrigation in East Asia are often not factored into macroeconomic accounts of regional development. The Asian…
Jacob Burke, Thierry Facon, Ian Makin, Paul van Hofwegen
Modernizing Agricultural Water Management Revitalizing Asia's Irrigation: An Action Agenda
While the need to revitalize Asia's irrigation to support food security in a context of regional economic transition is recognized, the task remains…
Thierry Facon, Louise Whiting
Modernizing Agricultural Water Management Barind: A Paradigm of Sustainable Irrigation Management for Bangladesh and Beyond
Since rainfall is highly seasonal in the Barind region of Bangladesh, the Barind Multipurpose Development Authority introduced a sustainable…
Asaduz Zaman
Session / Activity Title Speaker(s)
Capacity Building and Professional Certification Establishing Integrated Water Resources Management Professional Certification
A complex set of skills and attitudes is needed in Integrated Water Resources Management. The Asian Development Bank and UNESCO-IHE Institute for…
Kenneth Irvine, Wim Douven, Carel Keuls
Capacity Building and Professional Certification Building Water Leadership Capacity
Characterized by chronic policy failure with no clear solution, water management is considered a wicked problem. Building leadership capacity as a…
Fiona Chandler
Capacity Building and Professional Certification Setting Up a Continuing Professional Development Program for Integrated Water Resources Management in Lao People's Democratic Republic
With the aim to build broad capacity for monitoring and evaluation, a continuing professional development plan on integrated water resources…
Sengmanichanh Somchanmavong
Urban Flood Management: Towards a Holistic Approach Engineering Solutions: Are They Sufficient?
Economic losses soar continuously while death tolls lessen in hydro-meteorological disasters. A higher level of physical protection is therefore…
Kuniyoshi Takeuchi
Urban Flood Management: Towards a Holistic Approach Social Dimensions: Have They Been Considered Adequately?
An analysis of current practices in urban flood management and its social dimensions reflect a number of limitations. Considering adequately the…
Zoran Vojinovic
Urban Flood Management: Towards a Holistic Approach Ecological Considerations: Why Go This Far?
Previous country experiences have shown that natural and social ecological considerations are crucial in the move towards a holistic approach to…
Sonia Chand Sandhu
Urban Flood Management: Towards a Holistic Approach Synthesis: Why the Need for a Holistic Approach?
Global trends indicate that engineering solutions are insufficient and social dimensions have been not been considered adequately when dealing with…
Zoran Vojinovic
Participation in Rural Water Services: Participatory Irrigation Management, Water Supply and Sanitation, and Public-Private Partnership Watershed Development Project
This presentation discusses the watershed projects of National Agro Foundation in India. The discussion specifically focuses on the foundation’s…
Swaminathan Murugan
Participation in Rural Water Services: Participatory Irrigation Management, Water Supply and Sanitation, and Public-Private Partnership Modernizing Canal Irrigation Services
This presentation explains the Jain Self Sustaining Agri Cycle as applied and practiced by Jain Irrigation Systems Ltd. in India. It discusses the…
Somnath Jadhav
Participation in Rural Water Services: Participatory Irrigation Management, Water Supply and Sanitation, and Public-Private Partnership Community Participation and Sustainability of Rural Water Supply Wasif Ali
Participation in Rural Water Services: Participatory Irrigation Management, Water Supply and Sanitation, and Public-Private Partnership Impact Evaluation of Community-Based Source Protection Works and Water Quality Monitoring of River: A Case Study from India
Natural resource dependent communities, similar to the ones in the State of Uttarakhand in India, face survival threat due to the increase in natural…
Anwar Ali Khan
Targets, Data, Information, and Decision Support The Decision Support System for Integrated Water Resources Management in the Citarum River Basin
Competition for abundant water resources of the river systems in Citarum River Basin has increased significantly, leading to a situation of acute…
Herman Idrus, Reni Mayasari, Gok Ari Joso Simamora
Targets, Data, Information, and Decision Support riversnetwork.org: Concept and Tools for Sharing Knowledge and Awareness on the River Basins of the World
riversnetwork.org is an open resource consisting of world coverage of river blogs and IT tools for bridging and networking river stakeholders. The…
Eric Tilman
Targets, Data, Information, and Decision Support Climate Modeling: A Guide to Investment Decisions
Climate modeling offers not only useful risk-based climate information for adaptation, but also long range forecasts for decision tools. While a…
Vicky Pope
Targets, Data, Information, and Decision Support eWater Source and Community of Practice for Integrated Water Resources Management
Water management has become an increasingly complex issue. Justifying decisions on the basis of incomplete science or limited process descriptions in…
Robert Carr
Participation in Rural Water Services: Participatory Irrigation Management, Water Supply and Sanitation, and Public-Private Partnership High Quality Rural Water Service for Healthy Communities in Cambodia
The under-five mortality rate of children in rural Cambodia is attributed mainly to the lack of access to safe drinking water. 1001 fontaines, with…
Francois Jaquenoud, Chay Lo
Participation in Rural Water Services: Participatory Irrigation Management, Water Supply and Sanitation, and Public-Private Partnership Effective Household Water Treatment and Roles of Women in Flood Emergency
Safe drinking water supply systems are often damaged during climate-related disasters; hence the risks for exposure of rural communities in…
Bilqis Hoque, Sufia Khanam, Richard Johnston, Md. Abubakkor Siddik, Abdus Salam, Abu Shipon
Participation in Rural Water Services: Participatory Irrigation Management, Water Supply and Sanitation, and Public-Private Partnership Rural Water Supply Services in Cambodia
The percentage of Cambodia’s rural population with access to improved water supply and sanitation facilities has increased in recent years due to the…
Mao Saray
Basin Stewardship: World Resources Institute, WWF, and Alliance for Water Stewardship Water Stewardship: Explaining the Concept Philip Erquiaga
Basin Stewardship: World Resources Institute, WWF, and Alliance for Water Stewardship WRI Aqueduct Vision of Water Stewardship Betsy Otto
Basin Stewardship: World Resources Institute, WWF, and Alliance for Water Stewardship Water Stewardship: What is the Potential in Asia?
Many companies believe that a water crisis is looming and the risks of water scarcity are equal to those of carbon emissions. Developing a water…
Stuart Orr
Basin Stewardship: World Resources Institute, WWF, and Alliance for Water Stewardship AWS International Water Stewardship Standard Adrian Sym
Basin Stewardship: World Resources Institute, WWF, and Alliance for Water Stewardship Water Stewardship: Why Coca‐Cola FEMSA Cares
Water care has grown to become a strategic issue. Water stewardship, while previously a luxury, has turned into a fundamental need. With the aim to…
Juan Dominguez
Basin Stewardship: World Resources Institute, WWF, and Alliance for Water Stewardship Sustainable Use of Water Mainstreamed in the Clothing Industry
H&M, a Swedish multinational retail-clothing company, ensures that sustainability is part of its everyday business decisions. The company has a…
Fredrik Rosenholm
Basin Stewardship: World Resources Institute, WWF, and Alliance for Water Stewardship Manila Water's Sustainability Journey
This presentation shares Manila Water’s story, highlighting how a public-private partnership model was implemented to meet challenges on water…
Ferdinand dela Cruz
Wastewater in Liveable Cities: How Should it be Managed? Are Asian Policies Posed to Support Reuse?: A Chinese Perspective
While the People’s Republic of China (PRC) has experienced rapid growth in recent decades, this development brought serious impacts on water supply…
Yue Zhang
Wastewater in Liveable Cities: How Should it be Managed? New Water vs. NEWater: Which is More Costly?
Faced with water shortages in the past, the Government of Singapore, through the Public Utilities Board, has embarked on a successful water recycling…
Tiing Liang Moh
Advancing Rural Sanitation Services Community-Based Total Sanitation: Innovation in Total Sanitation Approach When Basic Sanitation is Insufficient Answer for Diarrhea Reduction
Over a hundred thousand children in Indonesia die every year from diarrhea due to lack of access to improved latrines. To reduce the number of…
Wahyu Triwahyudi, Eka Setiawan
Advancing Rural Sanitation Services Demand Creation for Rural Sanitation in India
Research findings indicate that less than half of Indian households have access to toilets and a sizeable number of population still practice open…
Rajendra Kondepati
Water Security: Outcome of Effective Integrated Water Resources Management Viet Nam Country Water Assessment
This presentation discusses the concept of Country Water Assessment (CWA) as a new approach to water management in Asian Development Bank. The…
Des Cleary
Water Security: Outcome of Effective Integrated Water Resources Management Improving Water Security in Water Stressed Bagmati River Basin in Nepal
Facing a number of serious environmental and ecological challenges, the Bagmati River Basin is the most water stressed basin in Nepal. This…
Rabindra Ray, Ram Kumar Shrestha
Water Security: Outcome of Effective Integrated Water Resources Management Smart Water Grid
Water has a direct impact on food, energy, and economic growth security challenges. Combined with most-up-to-date ICT, the Smart Water Grid was…
Gye Woon Choi
Wastewater in Liveable Cities: How Should it be Managed? Combined Sewers in Washington State, USA
The experience of Washington State in the USA shows that public trust and acceptance are essential to the conveyance and treatment of wastewater…
Pam Elardo
Wastewater in Liveable Cities: How Should it be Managed? Manila Water’s Separate Sewer and Combined Sewer-Drainage Systems
This paper discusses the challenges faced and solutions implemented by Manila Water Company, Inc. to provide efficient sewerage service in Metro…
Robert Baffrey, Aprille Adis, G. Aranzamendez
Wastewater in Liveable Cities: How Should it be Managed? Combined vs. Separate Systems: What Works for You?
This presentation discusses the urban arithmetic for 2050, explaining that the Chinese word for crisis signifies both danger and opportunity. It also…
Paul Reiter
Young Partners for Water: A Youthful Perspective of Rural Water Management Observations on Asia Water Week
Amidst cross-cutting water issues, Asia and the Pacific has the most number of child deaths and the biggest proportion of children and youth,…
Session / Activity Title Speaker(s)
Plenary Session 2 - Securing Gender Equality in Water: Out of the Shallows, Into the Deep Gender Skirmishes and Other Water Issues
This presentation explains the current structures and processes in water governance and how they approach gender issues. Along with the discussion on…
Kusum Athukorala
Plenary Session 2 - Securing Gender Equality in Water: Out of the Shallows, Into the Deep Gender Mainstreaming in Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Sector Project
This presentation explains the rationale for gender mainstreaming in Rural Water Supply and Sanitation (RWSS) sector in Cambodia. It also shares the…
Nuon Pichnimith
Presentation by Deputy Director General of ADB's Budget, Personnel, and Management Systems Department Working at ADB
This presentation discusses various employment opportunities at ADB, particularly for international staff.
Ann Rennie
Plenary Session 3 Addressing Global Water Issues with Local Water Partnerships
This presentation discusses the Global Water Partnership’s strategic approach to realizing its vision of a water secure world. Through a number of…
Ursula Schaefer-Preuss
Plenary Session 3 Gaining Political Mileage: Getting the Message Right
This presentation shows how Aristotle’s three modes of persuasion in rhetoric—logos, ethos, and pathos—can be used as framework in effectively…
Tim Cullen
Closing Program Closing Remarks - Asia Water Week 2013: Securing Water for All
A brief summary of take-away messages, highlighting some key observations from the three thematic areas of Asia Water Week 2013, is presented. The…
Amy Leung
Book Launch WaterWealth? Investing in Basin Management in Asia and the Pacific
Drawing on a cross-section of 43 case studies prepared specially for this book, WaterWealth explains the challenges to improving water governance and…
Ganesh Pangare, Binayak Das, Wouter Lincklaen Arriens, Ian Makin
Basin Posters Salinity Intrusion and its Impact on Groundwater Quality: Case Study in Downstream of Bentota River Basin, Sri Lanka
This study addresses the problem of salinity inclusion in Bentota River Basin in Sri Lanka and its impact on the environment. The objectives of the…
Dhineshika Chandani
Basin Posters Assessing Sources and Pathways of Nutrient Pollution in the Coral Triangle
This study explores a model depicting nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) contributions of Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines in the Coral Triangle…
Ann Marie Manhart
Basin Posters Assessing Hydrological Uncertainty for River Basin Management in Asia: A Case of Himalayan Watershed
Increasing anthropogenic and climate-related pressures on watersheds have led to higher variability and uncertainty in resource availability,…
S. Nischal, Andre Pittet, M. Mohandas, V. Joshi, K.K. Narula
Basin Posters Water Resources Management in Mahaweli and Adjoining River Basins in Sri Lanka
Water users from different sectors in Sri Lanka face challenges as demand for water has continuously increased in the last few decades. Getting user…
W.A. Chandrathilaka
Urban Posters Supply Water Quality in Urban Bangladesh: A Case Study of Chittagong Metropolitan City to Improve Service Delivery
Bangladesh faces serious challenges in the provision of urban water services. This study examines the quality and quantity of water supply in…
Mohammad Abu Taiyeb Chowdhury, Kazi Md. Barkat Ali, Morshed Hossan Molla, Md. Habibur Rahman Bhuiyan, Reaz Mohammad Mazumder, Suman Das
Urban Posters Citarum Cascade Reservoirs Operation in Support of Water Supply for Drinking Water, Irrigation, and Domestic Municipal and Industry
With more than 20 million people who depend on the three reservoirs of Citarum River Basin (CRB) for various purposes, this water body is considered…
Herman Idrus, Reni Mayasari, Herry Rachmadyanto
Urban Posters Water and Sanitation Privatization in Metro Manila: An Impact Evaluation of Service Provider Assignment on Health, Education, and Wealth Outcomes from 1997-2007
This presentation shares the results on a quantitative impact evaluation (QIE) of a relevant water and sanitation intervention performed in Metro…
Julian Doczi
Urban Posters Fecal Sludge Management: A Critical Challenge for the Cities in the Developing Countries
Although one of the fastest growing mega-cities in the world, Dhaka City in Bangladesh faces serious environmental threat due to its limited sewerage…
Aftab Opel, Khairul Islam
Urban Posters Impact of Pollution in Ir. H. Djuanda Reservoir for the Supply of Drinking Water in Jakarta Metropolitan City
Degrading environmental conditions have resulted to the deterioration of water quality in Ir. H. Djuanda multi-purpose reservoir in Indonesia. The…
Herman Idrus, Reni Mayasari, Lestari Purwanti
Urban Posters Definition Matters: Do Joint Monitoring Program Definitions of Access to Improved Water and Sanitation Take the Focus Away?
The water and sanitation sector globally depends on Joint Monitoring Program (JMP) definitions to measure progress. Millenium Development Goals are…
Aftab Opel, Khairul Islam
Urban Posters Training and Professional Accreditation of Wastewater Operators in Indonesia
While access to improved sanitation in urban Indonesia is developing at a very slow rate, the capacity of wastewater service delivery organizations …
Jose Cordovilla, Javier Coloma Brotons
Urban Posters Optimizing Wastewater Treatment During and After War
This material presents the design and construction of wastewater treatment systems for facilities in support of the US National Army and Police…
Westley Chun
Urban Posters Japan International Cooperation Agency's Activities in the Field of Water Quality Management and Treatment of Wastewater and Future Directions
The Japan International Cooperation Agency pledged support to improve water environmental management, in response to the needs of developing…
Noriaki Murase, Hideo Noda, Ichiro Adachi
Urban Posters An Integration Solution to Water Shortage in the Latex Glove Manufacturing Industry: A Sri Lankan Project Feasibility Study
Sri Lanka is poised to expand its economy by developing its agricultural, industrial, and service sectors. Initiated under the Asian Development Bank…
W.S.E. Fernando, W.J. Ng+, G. Seneviratne++, S. Jayasundera, C. Weerasooriya, M.T.R. Akbar
Urban Posters Swajal
Implemented in India by Green & Blue Energy Pvt. Ltd., SWAJAL is a groundbreaking pilot project designed to promote empowerment through…
Asad Sultan, Nabhesh Khanna
Rural Posters Sustainability Requirements for Community-Based Organizations to Manage Rural Water Supply Schemes
Experiences have shown that Community Based Organizations (CBOs) are constrained in maintaining sustainable water systems. To understand the…
Ruwan Sanath Liyanage
Conference Photo Montage Photo Montage of Asia Water Week 2013: Securing Water for All
This video is a photo montage of what transpired during "Asia Water Week 2013: Securing Water for All," an event organized by the Asian Development…

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Event Coordinator/s

  • Ian Makin

ADB Organizer/s

  • Water and Urban Development Sector Office

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