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 13 March 2013 14 March 2013 15 March 2013 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. 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