4. Social Action Programs for Water Environment Preservation
We conducted and supported social action programs in 2013 as well. For example, the publicity
activities were organized for citizens and children in order to promote their understanding of water
environment protection and roles of water supply and sewerage projects.

General Incorporated Association
Association of Water and Sewage Works Consultants Japan

Business Activities in 2013
Leaﬂets

Environmental Education
at Mitsuishi elementary school in Hokkaido

Other activities included displaying special panels, distributing educational materials on waterThis is the annual report of 2013 about our main activities including the technological improvement

environment, co-hosting sewerage events with municipalof water supply and sewerage systems, aimed at the development of water and sewage works

authorities, planting trees in watershed

consultants.

forest, and river cleaning.
We, in cooperation with other associations, posted an article on sewerage in “Shonen Shashin
News” and distributed it to about 18,000 elementary and junior high schools. We also supported

1. Water Supply and Sewerage System Technology: Survey/Study, and Publication
Various surveys/studies for technological improvement ofenvironmental education programs in 16 elementary schools.

water supply and sewerage systems were conducted andWe also provided leaﬂets to elementary school children to promote a better understanding of water

the reports were widely publicized on our website and several

supply and sewerage system.

specialized magazines.
1) Independent Survey/Study

5. Development of Water Supply and Sewerage Consultancy Services① Technical Conference

We offered the following services for development of water supply and sewerage consultancy

Theme: New Water Supply Vision and roles of consultants.

services.

(Published in monthly “Suido Kouron”, Vol 50, No.2 〜 3)Technical Conferenceof Water Supply

Available at: http://www.suikon.or.jp/seika/zadankai̲seika.html
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2013

2013

The Summer 2013 edition (5,200 copies in July) and the Winter 2014activities or technology improvement

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② Awarding prizes to the employees of member companies who contributed to the association

人口減少時代を迎える上下水道

edition (4,000 copies in January) were sent out to the member companies.

③ Welfare activities such as sport events for employees of the member companies.

Some of the copies were also donated to the local governments, educational
institutions including universities, and the National Diet Library.

Association of Water and Sewage Works Consultants Japan (AWSCJ)
5-26-8, Nishinippori, Arakawa-ku, Tokyo, Japan 116-0013
Tel : 03-6806-5751

Fax : 03-6806-5753

URL : http://www.suikon.or.jp

E-mail : info@suikon.or.jp

The special topic of the Summer 2013 edition was “Waterworks andsewerage works in the era of population decrease”

豊かな地球 水のあるくらし ーー私たちの原点です

The special topic of the New Year 2013 edition was “Asset managementof waterworks and sewerage works”
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一般社 団 法人全 国上 下 水 道コンサルタント協会

General Incorporated Association

一般社団法人 全国上下水道コンサルタント協会“Suikon” Summer
2013 edition

The newsletter can be downloaded from: http://www.suikon.or.jp/suikon/index.html

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3) Encouraging Engineerʼs Self-Improvement (CPD program)③ Panel Discussion
Theme: “Future perspectives of water and sewage works consultants”

We certiﬁed 44 CPD programs and issued the CPD Attendance Certiﬁcates to the participants.

The minute will be posted on “Suikon”- the Summer 2014 edition.

More details are available at: http://www.suikon.or.jp/seika/cpd.htm※ CPD(:Continuing Professional Development)

2) Participation in other Associationʼs Studies
We have been entrusted with 12 assignments from 4 diﬀerent institutes comprising works suchas “Revision of the Guidelines for Earthquake-resisting Design for Sewerage Facilities (consigner:

3. Request and Cooperation towards National Policies and Measures

Japan Sewage Works Association/ JSWA)”, “Development of Resilient Water Treatment Systems

We fully complied with national policies and measures in(consigner: Japan Water Research Center), “Development of Sewerage Model Data for Floodorder to promote water supply and sewerage business. We

Forecast (consigner: University of Tokyo)”, and “Data Collection on Wide-area Water Management

also requested and advised to the concerned public oﬃce(consigner: Hokkaido University)”. The results of the assignments were released by the relevant

to solve several issues based on our studies.

institutions and are being widely utilized.
1) Proposals
We proposed “improvement of tender and contract3) Association Member and Instructor Dispatch
Collaborating with other associations, 30 (in total 43) association members were dispatchedsystems” and “management support to local authorities”

as committee members to “Investigative Commission of Sewage Works Management” and as

towards the government and concerned authorities atthe “Investigative Committee of Operation and Management of Water Supply Facilities”. Also, 53

the conference of exchange opinions held by JSWA.

Conference of Exchange Opinions(20th Jan., 2014)

members were dispatched as instructors for institutes and workshops.
2) Request for Establishment of a Quality Based Selection (QBS) System

2. Capacity Development Activities for Water Supply and Sewerage engineers

Among our other activities in 2013 was our proposal to improve water and sewage projectexecutions. We prepared and sent out a document titled “Request and Suggestion from water

Several technical reports were published and a variety of seminars wereand sewage works consultants, 2013”, to the major local authorities. Particularly, in our meetingorganized to introduce the updated technologies and systems related toat the Kanto, Kansai, and Chubu branch we requested to local authorities that the cost based

water supply and sewage business. Further, several trainings were carried

selection system to be replaced with the QBS or QCBS system. This should be as a part of theout for water supply and sewerage engineers.

contract conditions for the related businesses in order to deliver a quality work.

1) “28th Edition” of Technical Report

3) Participation in the “2013 SEWAGE WORKS EXHIBITION” in Tokyo

Copies of the Technical Report (28th edition) were sent out (2,660

We introduced our activities, consultancy services for water and sewage engineering, throughcopies) to the member companies and were donated to the local

movies and panel exhibitions to citizens and students including school children. A total of 700

governments and educational institutions including universities.
The technical report can be available at: http://www.suikon.or.jp/seika/

the Technical Report(28th edition)

people visited our booth during the 4-day Exhibition.
More details are available at: http://www.suikon.or.jp/gesuidouten//index.html

publish.html
2) Workshop
A total of 35 workshops and observation tours were
held by the head oﬃce and each branch oﬃce. Out of
the 2,680 participants, 1,410 were the association
members, 340 were from the local governments, and930 were form private sectors.

Workshop

2013 SEWAGE WORKS EXHIBITIONin Tokyo