While sustainable solutions are complex with specific requirements, efficient wastewater solutions integrate water, waste, and energy as much as possible. A "one solution fits all" approach will not apply, since different technologies from different vendors fit to different situations. Consistency, interoperability, and interchangeability however must be ensured at all times.

Lack of data on actual performance of decentralized plants exists in general. The need to identify which scale is optimal to use is based on the outcome of a detailed assessment that considers a variety of aspects. Recycling, reuse, and energy recovery nonetheless should be integral to all scales.

A global sanitation gap continues to exist at present. Access to sustainable sanitation can be achieved by delivering products and services along the entire value chain at scale, and ensuring that technologies and services meet users’ preferences and national requirements.

This video presents BayaniJuan, the official relocation site located in Laguna City's Municipality of Calauan in the Philippines, for informal settlers affected by rehabilitation of Pasig River. Though some challenges were encountered, partnerships between the private sector and government played a key role in the overall success of the project.

This presentation explains how local governments in the Philippines, as mandated by law, enhances the right of people to a balanced ecology. While sustainable development is a guiding principle in environmental management, good governance is the foundation of sustainable development.

Daily garbage production has increased as a result of rapid population growth in urban areas, including in the City of Las Piñas in the Philippines. The Las Piñas Sagip Ilog Program, having earned international recognition, has led to a web of sustainable social enterprises and ecologically sound solid waste management practices.

This video showcases the proposed urban redevelopment plan of Manila Waterways in the Philippines, designed by Palafox Associates, and with support from Urban Poor Associates. Inspired by the successful slum upgrading project in Thailand's Bangbua Central, the residents living along the waterways in Manila are determined to progress as a community.

This video covers the Jaime Cardinal Sin Village urban housing project in Manila, Philippines. It also shares the mission and goals of the Jaime Cardinal Sin Learning Center. Sources of livelihood opportunities that sustain the operations of these two initiatives are also discussed.

Read about the mandate and role of the National Housing Authority (NHA) in the Philippines. The priority programs of the agency, particularly for informal settler families residing in danger areas in Metro Manila, are highlighted in the presentation. The multi-sectoral community development approach as applied by NHA is, likewise, presented.

Irrigated agriculture is essential to achieve human development and environmental targets in Asia Pacific. Targets, however, will not be met unless the sector adopts innovative, forward-looking, and effective strategies. There is a need to prod and enable actors at all levels in the region to take effective action.