PROGRESS OF WEPA ACTIVITIES in 2018
- activities after the last annual meetingPresented by WEPA Secretariat
at the WEPA 14th Annual Meeting
22 February 2019
Tokyo, Japan• The 13th Annual Meeting(September 2017, Indonesia)

We discussed….
• Progress of 2017
• Country Update – Current situation and issues ofindustrial wastewater management in each partnercountry• Plan of WEPA activities in 20182

Workshops, Meeting and Seminar under
WEPA framework• Workshop on ‘Project Introduction of Multistage Hybrid Wetland
Systems in Vietnam(30 Nov., 2017, Hanoi City, Vietnam)• Consultative mission on industrial wastewater management(5-6 Feb., 2018, Thailand, Lao PDR)
• The 14th Annual Meeting(22 Feb., 2019, Tokyo, Japan)• Consultation meeting on Future Plan in the 4th Phase(23 Feb., 2019, Tokyo, Japan)• WEPA International Workshop on Decentralized Wastewater
Treatment (DEWAT)(21 Feb., 2019, Tokyo, Japan)
3Action Program in Indonesia• Main focus: Application of Total Maximum Daily Loads(TMDLs) for improving the water quality of the CitarumRiver• 1st Workshop: Pollution Load Control Program in Japan(19 Jan., 2018, Jakarta)• 2nd Workshop: WEPA Action
Program in Indonesia(23-24 Jan., 2019, Bandung)

Detail of the program will be explained byIndonesia later

Workshop in Bandung4

Action Program in Sri Lanka• Title: Program on Improving Industrial Waste andWastewater Management in Gampaha District, Colombo• Implementing Agency: Central Environmental Authority(CEA), Sri Lanka (WEPA Focal Point)• Activities and progress:
1) WEPA Bilateral consultation meeting;2) Water quality survey in industrial estates andgroundwater wells (completed in 13 industries, 96 wells,
5 seasons) and developed maps (industries and welldistribution);3) Groundwater level and temperature monitoring (8 dataloggers installed in wells);
4) Field visit and consultation with groundwater expert
from Japan;5) Guidelines on preventing groundwater pollution fromindustrial effluents (Synthesized report to be finalized inMarch 2019);
Detail of the program will be explained by WEPA Focal Point for Sri Lanka later

Consultation Meeting in Colombo

Field inspection

Installation of data logger

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Action Program in Cambodia(to be implemented)• Tentative title: “Improvement of the effectiveness in water quality
management through capacity building for officers at sub-nationallevel”• The proposed project will be conducted in 2 populated provincesaround Tonle Sap Lake (Battambang and Siem Reap province)• Implementing agency: Water Quality Management Department, theMinistry of Environment of Cambodia• 1st Consultative Mission to be planned from 25th -27th March 2019.
• The project is expected to be implemented in FY2019.
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WEPA Outlook 2018
Objectives
Provide the most up-to-date and useful information on thewater environment and its management in Asia through WWF
and other occasions
Contents• Thematic：Status of water pollution andits control in Asia
• Progress towards SDGs implementation andmonitoring for WEPA countries• Challenges of the schemes on environmental
water governance
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WEPA Survey• Questionnaire Survey No.1
▫ to review outcomes of phase III and to collectthe ideas and expectations for phase IV• Questionnaire Survey No.2
▫ to monitor and evaluate the progress of thewater governance of WEPA countries

8Outreach (meetings)• The Third Asia-Pacific Water Summit(11-12 Dec., 2017, Yangon, Myanmar)• Preparation Workshop on the Asia Wastewater
Management Partnership(AWaP)(13 Dec., 2017, Yangon, Myanmar)• The 8th World Water Forum(18-23 Mar., 2018, Brasilia, Brazil)• IWA World Water Congress & Exhibition 2018(16-21 Sept., 2018, Tokyo, Japan)
9The 8th World Water Forum
内容Dates

18-23 March, 2018

Venue

Brasilia, Brazil

HostWorld Water Council

スローガン Sharing Water

Contributions from WEPA
• Co-organized a thematic session on “Understanding
Water Quality from Ridge to Reef”• Co-organized a Workshop on “Towards Improving
Sanitation and Wastewater Management”• showcased at the Japan Pavilion• Distributed WEPA outlook 2018101111

Outreach• Updating WEPA Database12Outreach• Access to WEPA database (October 2107 toJanuary 2019, 16 months)
Indonesia
1%

SriLanka
1% Canada
1%

China Laos
South
1% 1%
Korea United
Kingdom
1%1%
Vietnam1%
OthersSingapore
7%1%

Myanmar0%

Philippines
41%

Cambodia
2%
Thailand
Japan
3%
3%
Australia
3%

Nepal
3%
India
4%

United States
10%

Malaysia
14%

Users by country• Averagely 13,000 access(asof the number ofsession)/month• 70 % is from WEPA
countries
13Thank you very much for support andcontribution to the activities conducted.

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