③Participation in “SEWAGE WORKS EXHIBITION 2011 TOKYO”

We promoted activities of water supply and sewerage consultancy services inthis exhibition. About 2,000 people visited our booth during the 4 days ofexhibition.

University Students in AWSCJ booth

4. Preservation of Water Environment through Social Action Program
We conduct and support social action programs that general citizen including children can join and conduct PR activities topromote general citizen’ s understanding of their role in water environment protection of water supply and sewerage work.

AWSCJBusiness Activities in 2011

We displayed special panel and distributed educational materials on circulation of water, and also co-hosted the sewerage event,tree plantation in watershed forest protection, and river cleaning.
On website: http://www.suikon.or.jp/seika/shakai_kouken.html
We, in cooperation with other associations, posted an article on sewerage in “Shonen Shashin News” and distributed them toabout 18,000 elementary and junior high-schools. We also supported environmental education program in 18 elementary schools.
We provided leaflets to elementary school children to promote better understanding of water supply and sewerage system.
Hokkaido branch
http://www.suikon.or.jp/hokkaido/kyodo/kyodo.pdf
Chubu branch
http://www.suikon-chubu.jp/earis/index.html
Kansai branch
http://www.suikon.or.jp/kansai\mizunokoto/index.html
Leaflets

5. Development of Water Supply and Sewerage Consultancy Services
We conduct the following services for the development of water supply and sewerage consultancy services.
①Management of liability insurance as group insurance② Awarding prize to the employees of member companies who contributed to association activities or technology

improvement③Welfare activities like sport event for the employees of member companies, etc.

Association of Water and Sewerage Works Consultants Japan (AWSCJ)
5-26-8, Nishinippori, Arakawa-ku, Tokyo, 116-0013 Japan
Tel: 03-6806-5751 Fax: 03-6806-5753
URL http://www.suikon.or.jp

E-mail: info@suikon.or.jp

June, 2012

Association of Water and Sewerage Works Consultants Japan１. Water Supply and Sewerage System Technology: Survey/Study and Publication

2. Activities for Cultivating Water Supply and Sewerage Engineers

Various surveys/studies for technological improvement of water supply and sewerage systems were conducted and the reports

Several technical reports were released and a variety of seminars were organized to popularize updated technologies andsystems related to water supply and sewerage business. Further, several trainings for water supply and sewerage engineers werewere widely publicized on our website and several specialized magazines.

also carried out.

1) Independent Survey/Study

1) “26th Edition” of Technical Report①Technical Conference

2,660 copies of the Technical Report “26th Edition” were released. The reports were distributed to the member companies, as

Theme: Current Subcontracting Situation and Consulting Rolewell as donated to local government and educational institutions like universities.

( Published in “Suidokoron”)
Theme: Role of Consultant in the Future of Sewerage Business2) Workshop( Published in monthly “Gesuido”)
On Website: http://www.suikon.or.jp/seika/zadankai_seika.html

A total of 31 workshops and observation-tour were held at the head office
Technical Conference of Water Supply

and each branch offices with a total of 1,654 participants (1,252 fromassociation member, 323 from local government and 79 form private sectors).

②Official Newsletter “Suikon”

3) Encouraging Engineer’s Self-Improvement (CPD program)

The Summer 2011 edition (6,000 copies in July) and the Winter 2011 edition (4,700 copies inObservation-tour

Certified 38 CPD programs and issued CPD Attendance Certificates to the program participants. (We, AWSCJ, have licenseJanuary) were distributed to the member companies as well as donated to local governments,from Japan Sewage Works Agency and Chiba Prefecture to issue CPD Performance Certificates.)

educational institutions like universities and the National Diet Library.

On website: http://www.suikon.or.jp/seika/cpd.htm

Special topic of the Summer 2011 edition“Water Supply and Sewerage Business in Recycle-Based Society – Aiming at Sustainability
for Future Generation”

3. Public Office Measures and Polices: Compliance and Request

Special topic of the New Year 2012 edition

We fully comply with the public office measures and policies for smooth promotion of water supply and sewerage business. We“Water Supply and Sewerage Business after the Great East Japan Earthquake – Earthquake
and tsunami Related Countermeasures, BCP, and Risk Management”
On Website: http://www.suikon.or.jp/suikon/index.html“Suikon” New Year2012 edition③Technical Seminars
Theme: Risk Management of Water Supply and Sewerage BusinessOn 13th of December in Tokyo, 78 participants
Theme: Supporting Activities for the Great East Japan Earthquake and BCP Development of Water Supply and Sewerage
Business
On 14th of December in Kyoto, 79 participants2) Participation in Other Association’s Studies
We have been entrusted with 10 assignments from 5 different institutes comprising works such as revision of the guidelines
for anti-earthquake design for sewerage facilities (consigner: Japan Sewage Works Association/ JSWA) and development of theguidelines for anti-earthquake design for water supply facilities (consigner: Japan Water Works Association/ JWWA). The resultsof assignments were released by relevant institutions and are currently widely utilized.

3) Association Member and Instructor Dispatch
Collaborating with other associations, roughly 30 association members and 20 instructors were dispatched as committee
members for “Reconstruction Assistance Sectional Committee of Earthquake and Tsunami Related Countermeasure forSewerage” and “Special Research Committee of Revision of Design Guideline for Water Supply Facilities” .

also propose in our survey/study issues which have the possibilities to reach a solution through measures and policies of publicoffice.

1) Supporting Activities in Natural Disaster
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism played a key role in supporting
the relief of the Great East Japan Earthquake Disaster; we extended our support bydispatching engineers on a rotating basis to local sewerage support offices, organizedunder Tohoku and Kanto Regional Development Bureau. (Dispatched 43 person-day inTohoku as of 27th Apr, 38 person-day in Kanto as of 28th Apr)

Letter of Appreciationfrom Kanto Regional Development Bureau

As a result of supporting activities, 3,250 bureaucrats from water supply section and 17,146 from sewerage section weredispatched, bringing the overall total to 20,396 as of end of June 2011 since the disaster.

2) Suggestions①Comments and requests on the disaster-relief activities

We conducted questionnaire survey concerning the disaster-relief activity during the Great
East Japan Earthquake faced by association members. Suggestions based on the results ofthe survey were then reported to the central and local governments.
②Request of the establishment of Quality Based Selection (QBS) system

Conference of Exchange Opinions(17th Jan., 2012)

We submitted a proposal of adopting QBS system instead of Quality and Cost Based Selection (QCBS) system to major
business entities in order to ensure the quality of deliverables. (Announcement of official target price after the Tender)