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A Closer Look at Water Quality for Public Health

26 May 2021
Water quality is closely linked to public health outcomes. The reduction in illness from improved water quality leads to improved social and economic outcomes in communities. Unfortunately, water-related diseases still account for a significant proportion of deaths in developing countries. This…
Organizer: Pacific Department

WEBINAR 6: Why We Need to Think Differently about Sanitation

22 April 2021
Accelerating inclusive sanitation requires the drive and commitment of everyone and the coming together of organizations. It calls for engagement of households and the community, and political leadership. However, many stakeholders are set in their ways and may not be open to change, since they…
Organizer: Water and Urban Development Sector Office

WORKSHOP 6: How-to Series: Get More Performance from Wastewater Assets

22 April 2021
Wastewater and septage treatment assets play an important role in safeguarding public health and the environment, regardless of whether decentralized or centralized, or intensive or extensive treatment technologies are applied. However, it is important that the positive effects of such assets are…
Organizer: Water and Urban Development Sector Office

ADBI-Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Roundtable on Sanitation and Development

20 to 21 April 2021
Sanitation gaps are a global problem that continues to affect large segments of developing Asia and the Pacific, despite the considerable progress of efforts to address it in recent decades. The COVID-19 crisis has further increased the importance of improving inclusive sanitation access and the…
Organizer: ADBI

WEBINAR 5: Strategies to Keep Sanitation Services Operating

20 April 2021
Investments in sanitation and wastewater treatment are typically three to four times more than those for water treatment systems. In many Asian settings, the operation and maintenance of sanitation systems, whether public or privately owned such as household septic tanks, are ineffective and…
Organizer: Water and Urban Development Sector Office

WORKSHOP 5: How-to Series: The Business of Sanitation Economy

20 April 2021
Sanitation, in general, has not been a subject that stirs conversation. Often, it is set aside, along with the details that go with it, such as human waste and putrid waterways. By extension, sanitation has been overlooked from a business and social enterprise point of view. Only in recent years…
Organizer: Water and Urban Development Sector Office

WEBINAR 4: Sex, Sanctity, and Sanitation for All

19 April 2021
The focus of citywide inclusive sanitation (CWIS) on equity and inclusion requires more than a business-as-usual approach to sanitation. Having gender equality and social inclusion means that the project is designed to benefit everyone in a project area. This include groups that are often left…
Organizer: Water and Urban Development Sector Office

WORKSHOP 4: How-to-Series: Towards Achieving Gender and Social Inclusion in Urban Sanitation

19 April 2021
This two-hour interactive workshop was for senior and mid-level professionals who want to learn about opportunities for gender and social inclusion (GESI) in urban sanitation. The workshop increased knowledge of how to design and implement more inclusive urban sanitation projects. Through small…
Organizer: Water and Urban Development Sector Office

WORKSHOP 3: How-to Series: Leveraging the Links between Water, Sanitation, Hygiene, and Health

15 April 2021
Many see the provision of sanitation services as a technical challenge calling for the skills of engineers to design, build, and operate facilities. However, the need for sanitation is about individual well-being and public health, which in turn has broad economic benefits. For those benefits to…
Organizer: Water and Urban Development Sector Office

Improving Services to Customers in the Pacific: Condition Assessments

14 April 2021
The workshop was based on the Institute of Public Works Engineering Australasia (IPWEA) manual Condition Assessment and Asset Performance Guidelines – Water Supply and Sewerage. This document dealt with the management of water and sewer assets. The following topics were discussed: Asset…
Organizer: Pacific Department