Kawasaki Waterworks Bureau
Our Activities for International Contribution

Contents
1 Overview of Kawasaki City Waterworks Bureau
2 Activities for International Contribution

・ Public-Private Partnership・ Technical Cooperation

Overview of Kawasaki City Waterworks Bureau
Organizational Structure of Kawasaki CityDeputy
Mayor

Mayor

Characteristics

General Affairs andPlanning Bureau
Finance Bureau○ Waterworks Bureau manages thewaterworks project, sewerage project
and water service for industrial use
integrally as a local public enterprise

Economic and Labor
Affairs Bureau○ A local public enterprise

Environmental
Protection Bureau○ An independent accounting system
which pays for their costs with therevenues such as water rates andservice charges

・・・
Chief Management
Officer of Kawasaki
Waterworks

Waterworks
Bureau○ Principle of public expenses forstormwater and private expenses for
wastewater・・・1

Overview of Kawasaki City Waterworks Bureau

Kawasaki city manages 3 water-related system
Waterworks
Operation start : In 1921
Population served : 1,495,999 per.
Water supply capacity : 758,200 m3/D
Number of plants : 1 Length of pipeline : 2,404 km

Industrial Water System
Operation start : In 1937 [Japan’s First]Water supply companies : 58 (80factories)
Water supply capacity : 520,000 m3/D
Number of plants : 2 Length of pipeline : 44.095 km

Sewerage System
Operation start : In 1935
Sewered population : 1,487,834 per.
Treatment capacity : 918,000 m3/D
Number of plants : 4 Length of pipeline : 3,120 km
Data 2016FY

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Activities for International Contribution
Kawasaki City is promoting international contribution based on two directions, which
consists of international contribution through public-private partnership and international
contribution through technical cooperation, to improve global issues of water environment.

3Public-Private Partnership
Activity of Kawasaki Water Business Network
A platform for the promotion of water businesses, the Kawasaki Water
Business Network (KaWaBiz NET) was established in August 2012.
Global Water Issues

Water Business
Members

Improving the Global
Water Environment

Members

KaWaBiz NET Members
SupportKawasaki CityProvision of technologies and expertise of waterworks management
Information Service to members◆ Coordination to form teamProvision of a project support environment based on a G-to-G relationshipSupportThe 2017 General meetingof KaWaBiz NET

Cooperators (MHLW / METI / MLIT / JICA / others)
Kawasaki Water Business Network (60 members, 12 cooperators)
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Public-Private Partnership
Organizational Structure of KaWaBiz NET
Kawasaki Water Business Network（KaWaBiz NET）
Chairman：Akira Koizumi, Dr. Eng. (Proffessor Emeritus, Graduate School of Urban
Environmental Sciences, Tokyo Metropolitan Univ.)
Special Adviser：Mayor of Kawasaki City/ Chairman of the Kawasaki Chamber of Commerce & Industry

Domestic
Cooperators（Ministries &Agencies）
Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare /Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry Sipport/Ministry of Land, Infrastructure,
Transport and TourismCooperators（Affiates）
Japan International Cooperation Agency /JAPAN BANK FOR INTERNATIONAL
COOPERATION /JAPAN WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION /JAPANEXTERNAL TRADE ORGANIZATION JETRO
Sipport
YOKOHAMA /JAPAN SEWAGE WORKS ASSOCIATION /Kawasaki City Industrial Promotion
Foundation/
UNITED NATIONS INDUSTRIAL
DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION

Overseas

Member（Water-relatedcompanies & Assosiations）
５８
Board of Directors

Cooperators(OverseasGovernment)

ITOCHU Corporation/The
Kawasaki Chamber ofCommerce & Industry/JFE
Engineering
Corporation/Toshiba
Infrastructure systems andsolutions
corporation/Mizuho Bank,Ltd./The Bank of
Yokohama, Ltd./City ofKawasaki

Sipport Danang Representative

Office in Japan /Queensland Government
Trade and Investment
Office- Japan

Cooperator

MemberPrivate Co.

Municipality

Total

５８１６０

Ministries&Agencies

Affiates

Overseas
Government

Total

3７２1２5

Public-Private Partnership
Activity Model of KaWaBiz NET
Basic Pattern of Water Business
Scheme Formulations Feasibility Study

Determining Needs

Field
SurveyDetermining
Needs

Determining Needs

TeamFormati
onDevelopmentof Business
ModelFeasibilityStudy

Project Executions
Acceptance ofOrder

Construct
ion/Comp
letionOperation/
Maintenance

Scheme Formulation, Feasibility Study and Project Execution◆Research on the needs ofdifferent countries andregions◆Coordinating teams for feasibility studies/execution of new projects◆ Supporting research into
individual countries needs
based on a government
relationship◆Offering technical expertise regarding the management of waterworks andsewerage systems◆Dispatching delegations totarget countries and regions◆Preparing for feasibility studies/execution of new projects by establishinggovernment to government relationship◆Assisting the establishment of policies/regulations in collaboration with theJapanese Government and other relevant organizations

Information provision, Transmission of Information◆ Disseminating information via newsletter and a website for use by registered members◆ PR campaign regarding “KaWaBiz NET”at international exhibitions, etc.
◆ Disseminating information inside and outside Japan via our website◆ Hosting seminars and exchange events regarding waterworks business6

Public-Private Partnership
The main initiatives of KaWaBiz NET
 “Kawasaki Water Business Network”(KaWaBiz NET) supports the overseas water-related
business to enhance international water environment under the cooperation between thecompanies and City of Kawasaki.

（１） Bandung City, Indonesia
Held the Indonesia Bandung Development Members and Kawasaki City conducted theSeminar (2017.3)
public-private joint needs survey(2017.10)

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The main initiatives of KaWaBiz NET（２） Yangon City,Myanmar（３） Queensland ,Australia

Member and Kawasaki City joined the JCM Members and Kawasaki City accepting an orderproject (2017.8)
for the advisory service conducted FS on
decentralized sewerage and recycled watersystem (2014.1)

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Public-Private Partnership
The main initiatives of KaWaBiz NET（４） Ba Ria-Vung Tau, Vietnum
Member’s proposal was adopted at theMinistry of Health, Labor and Welfare, andthey conducted a survey into the improvementof the water in the Côn Đảo disrict along withmembers (2014.10-2015.3)

A proposal from a member was adopted by
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport
in which the member and Kawasaki City
carried out joint research in order to improvesewage environment water in the Côn Đảodisrict (2015.10-2016.3)

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Public-Private Partnership
The main initiatives of KaWaBiz NET（５） Information transmission, other initiatives“KaWaBiz NET Corner”in the“Mizu to Kagayaku mirai-kan

Having a booth at Kawasaki Producing brochure andInternational Eco-tech Fair other PR media to introduce
2017(2017.2)
the KaWaBiz NetPVBrochureWeb page10

Technical Cooperation
International Contribution through technical cooperation
Kawasaki City has been providing technical cooperation in the waterworks and sewerage sector,
including the dispatch of officials and acceptance of trainees from overseas in accordance withrequests from JICA and other organizations
JICA Partnership Program(JPP)(Local Government Type)“Project on Capability Enhancement for Taking Measuresagainst Underground Water Leakage in Makassar City”– Towards Effective Use of Water Resources - (2017- )A proposal from Kawasaki City was adopted by JICA, and Kawasaki City will implement technical cooperation forunderground water leakage countermeasure to reduce non-revenue water in Makassar City, Indonesia.
Project period : FY2017-FY2021（３years）
Project formation：（Japan side）Kawasaki City Waterworks Bureau, Members of KaWaBiz NET（Indonesia side）PDAM Makassar
Main initiatives: Staff of Kawasaki City Waterworks Bureau will transfer techniques to Makassar
City, and staff of PDAM Makassar will be trained in Kawasaki City.
Output1: An underground leakage survey program will be prepared for the pilot areas, andunderground leakage survey and leakage repair work will be executed accordingly.
Output2: Candidate instructors’ capability of detecting underground leakage will be enhanced.
Output3: Candidate instructors’ leak repairing techniques will be enhanced.
Output4: The activity result of the Project and the leak prevention techniques will beshared and disseminated through workshop and a wrap-up seminar.

Surveyin Makassar City11Technical Cooperation
International Contribution through technical cooperation
JICA “The Capacity Development Project for Improvement of Management Ability ofWater Supply Authorities” (2012-2017)
We have dispatched 11 officials as short-term
expert cooperating with Saitama City, Saitama
Pref., and Yokohama City, and have given trainings
for Laotian trainees four times in Kawasaki todevelop the management capacity in a mediumand long-term perspective for Water SupplyAuthorities in Lao P.D.R.

Technical Assistancefor On-site Survey

Technical Assistance forWater Examination System

Acceptance ofLaotian Trainees

JICA “A Project for Capacity Development on Sewerage Managementin Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam” (2009-2010)
We dispatched our official as short-term expert and we accepted Vietnamese
trainees to develop the sewerage management system in Ho Chi Minh City.
Technical AssistanceJICA “A Project for Capacity Development on Non-revenue Water
Control for Sanitation Company of the State of Sao Paulo, Brazil”(2008-2010)
Our officials were dispatched to Sao Paulo and they gave technical supports on water leakage
management for the effective use of water resources by reducing non-revenue water.
International Seminar

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Technical Cooperation
上下水道分野における国際展開
Acceptance of Overseas Trainees / Visitors
We’ve given the lectures and provided site visit programs regarding waterworks andsewerage system for 822 trainees / visitors from 49 countries / regions since 2011 (As ofMar. 2017

“Advanced Alliance Agency” in the Field of Sewerage SystemWES Hub (Water and Environment Solution Hub) is an alliance of local governments in Japan, having
advanced experiences in policies and technologies of water, wastewater and environment,cooperating with MLIT (Ministries of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism). City of Kawasaki wasadmitted by MLIT in Mar. 2013 and tackles with disseminating the information of Japanese seweragetechnologies and policies.

Training in IriezakiWastewater
Treatment Center

Disseminating Informationof Sludge Treatment
Technologies in Vietnam 13

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