WEPA activities in FY2023
The 19th WEPA Annual Meeting
30 January 2024, Hayama, Japan (Zoom)
Yukako INAMURAWEPA secretariat

Outlines of the 19th WEPA Annual MeetingPurpose To report all activities in FY2023
 To update policies in each country
 To discuss future WEPA activities

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WEPA Secretariat

Yukako INAMURA

Sui KANAZAWA

Bijon Kumer MITRA

Pankaj KUMAR

Ngoc-Bao PHAM

Osamu MIZUNO

Binaya Raj SHIVAKOTI Miyako CULSHAW-ISHII
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Agenda of the 19th WEPA Annual Meeting Session 1: WEPA activities in FY2023•Reporting WEPA Activities (WEPA Secretariat)•

Reporting WEPA Action Program (Lao PDR)

 Session 2: Policies on Water Environment• Reporting from each country (10 min each) 13 countries have made efforts to conserve the water
environment over decades; what are the improvement and emerging
issues in each country today???

 Session 3: Discussion and future plans•

WEPA Activities in the new phase•

General discussions

 Closing4

WEPA Activities in FY2023
1. WEPA Action Program Lao PDR
2. Participated in the general meeting of Asia
Wastewater Management Partnership
3. Reviewing: 1st - 4th phases of WEPA, AP in thepast, and questionnaires to FP
4. The 4th phase report
5. WEPA News: Water environment in Nepal (July),Indonesia (November), and ??? (March)

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WEPA Action Program in Lao PDR Final year of WEPA AP in Lao PDR
 Analyzed the current water environment andsituation of the domestic wastewater management
 Prepared the training materials for O&M on
decentralized wastewater treatment systems

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Asia Wastewater Management Partnership
Asia Wastewater Management Partnership (AWaP)* Partnership to promote wastewater management in Asia,initiated by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transportand Tourism (MLIT) in 2018, in cooperation with MOE.
 Collaboration since the beginning, as we share someobjectives
 Attended the 3rd General Meeting of AWaP on August 1,
2023 to introduce ourselves.
* Partner countries: Cambodia, Indonesia, Myanmar, Philippines,Vietnam, Japan

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Assessment of WEPA Activities in the past
Reviewing 1st -4th phases of WEPA
Phase
Major events
1st phase Building a platform of water environmental
2004-2009 management
 Establishment of an information sharing
platform (database related to the waterenvironment conservation)
2nd phase Knowledge-sharing to explore solutions
2009-2014  Domestic wastewater treatment as a priority
issue in the Asian region
 Launched “Outlook on Water Environmental
Management in Asia” (published in 2009 and2012)8

Assessment of WEPA Activities in the past
Reviewing 1st -4th phases of WEPA
Phase
Major events
3rd phase
Actions to address issues
2014-2019  Launched Action Program WEPA Environmental Outlooks (2015 and 2018)“Legal compliance" for the water environment
4th phase2019-2024  Enforcement of “legal compliance”
 WEPA Environmental Outlook 2021

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Assessment of WEPA Activities in the past
Reviewing 1st -4th phases of WEPA

Reviewed in the 4th phase report10Assessment of WEPA Activities in the past
Reviewing AP completed in the 3rd phase
Country

Title of Action Program
Viet Nam Waste and Wastewater
Management of Pig Farms
Sri Lanka

Improving Industrial Waste
and Wastewater
Management in Gampaha
District

Indonesia Application of TMDLs for
Effluent Discharge Permit
and Capacity Building for
Local Officials to Implement
the TMDLs

Objectives
To determine pollution loadunits in pig wastewater in VietNam
To develop/improvepolicy/guidelines related toindustrial siting and waste/
wastewater disposal toprevent groundwaterpollution
To improve the water qualityof the Citarum River11

Assessment of WEPA Activities in the past
Reviewing AP completed in the 3rd phase
Opinions from FPs in AP implemented countries

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The 4th phase report The 4th phase report includes
the reviews of the 1st – 4thphases, completed APs, andand questionnaire surveys.
 The report will be published
online in March 2024

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WEPA NewsNo. 40 (Issued in July, 2023)• WEPA HP renewal• WEPA AP in FY2023• Water Environment in Nepal
No. 41 (Issued in November, 2023)• Announcement of the 19th WEPA AnnualMeeting• WEPA AP in Lao PDR• Water Environment in Indonesia• 10th World Water Forum in Bali, Indonesia
No. 42 (Will be issued in March 2024)• 19th WEPA Annual Meeting• Final report on WEPA AP in Lao PDR• Water Environment in Sri Lanka• Preparation for the 10th WWF
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Outlook 2024
 The outlook will be published in FY2024
 We will ask you to revise the data in Outlook 2021
 We will circulate a questionnaire to prepareSection I. around Apr-May 2024
 The 1st draft of the state of water environment(chapter 2) will be ready around Sept – Oct forreview
Table of contents (tentative)
I. Water environment governance; domestic andindustrial wastewater management; emerging
issues and future direction in WEPA countries
II. The state of the water environment in each country
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Thank you!