JICA’s Cooperation forWastewater Management in Sri Lanka

Seminar Toward the Promotion of the Decentralized Domestic Wastewater
Management in Sri Lanka

6 August 2024

Contents⚫ JICA in Sri Lanka⚫ JICA’s cooperation in Wastewater sector⚫ Project for Strengthening Plastic Management Capacity in Sri Lanka

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JICA in Sri Lanka

70 Years’ History of Cooperation
1954

1961

Japan joinedFirst grant aid
Colombo Plan.
First 6 Sri
Lankans joined
training programin Japan.

1974

1978

1981 1982

1990s2004

JICA opened
Japan remainedFirst 11
JICA wasFirst loanSriLanka
Officeas top donor tovolunteers
established projects:
Sri Lanka evendispatched
Telecom,during conflict
Inginimitiya Damtime.

2015

Assistance for 1,000thJICA
Tsunamirecovery and Volunteer
reconstruction arrived

40thAnniversary ofvolunteer
program

Cumulative total as of Nov. 2021

Accepted

Committed

More than 14,000 Sri Lankans
trainees in JICA training programs

Cumulative total of ODA Loans

Dispatched

DispatchedOver 3,000

Over 1,100
volunteers

JICA experts

2021

JPY 1,127 billion (Rs. 2,845 bn)

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JICA’S CONTRIBUTION TO SRI LANKA
More Than 3.5 mil. People

JICA has committed JPY120 Billion (Rs. 303 bn)
for water supply projects all over the country to provide
3.5 million people with safe drinking water.

12% of PowerOut of 4,535MW installed power generation
capacity, 550MW was developed through
JICA’s assistance.

32% of Expressway

86.5km of total 272km of Sri Lanka’s expressway
network was constructed by JICA Project.

200 Masters/PhD Scholars

So far, aprx. 200 Sri Lankans have been sent to Japan’s
reputed graduate schools at Masters or PhD degree levels.

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Loan:Loan
Amount(JPY Mil.)L/A Signed

SL-P99 Kandy City Wastewater Management Project

14,087

March 2010

SL-P110 Anuradhapura North Water Supply Project Phase 1

5,166

March 2013

SL-P115 Anuradhapura North Water Supply Project Phase 2

23,137

November 2016

SL-P116 Rural Infrastructure Development Project (RIDEP)

12,957

July 2017

SL-P117 Kalu Ganga Water Supply Expansion Project (I)31,810July 2017

L/A #Project Name

Technical Assistance:•Project for Capacity Building for Sustainable Management of Rural Water Supply
Schemes Under the Pradeshiya Sabha Managing Model (CapWaSS）2022-2024•Improvement of Fecal Sludge Management (to be initiated in early 2025)

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Public-Private Partnership: Aquamake inPolonnaruwa
Verification Survey with the Private Sector for Disseminating Japanese Technologies
for Self-Treatment Type Flush Bio-Toilet, 2018-2024

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Master Plan under the Sewerage Sector
2015-20176Project for Improvement of Fecal Sludge
Management
Challenges:(1) Fecal sludge is not treated as a reusable resource(2) Limited FSTPs in Sri Lanka(3) Absence of authorized standards and relevant capacity development
system(4) Insufficient Technical support / training opportunities sought by localauthorities

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Project for Improvement of Fecal Sludge
Management
Project Title:
Period:Implementing Agency:

Project for Improvement of Fecal Sludge Management
4 years
Ministry of Public Administration, Home Affairs,
Provincial Councils and Local Government
Project Site:
Entire Country
Potential pilot project sites: 3-6 sites (TBD)
Overall Goal

Sustainable systems are in place for fecal sludge management and biosolids production nationwide.

To be achieved in 3years after project termination

ProjectPurpose

Sustainable systems for fecal sludge management and biosolids production adapted to local andmunicipal conditions are improved.

To be achieved by the project termination

Output 1
Challenges offecal sludge
management
and biosolids are
identified

Output 2
Sustainable
methods for fecal
sludge management
and biosolids
production are
examined andidentified based onpilot activities

Output 3
Draft standard
and bylaw for
fecal sludge
management
and biosolids
production aredeveloped

Output 4
Technicalsupport andtraining
systems for
LAs arestrengthened

Output 5
Knowledge of thesustainable systems forfecal sludge management
and biosolids production
is shared with all theprovinces8බ ොබ ොම ස්තූතියිமிக்க நன்றி

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