World Water Week in Stockholm

Co-Convenors: BORDA South Asia Programme Office India, BORDA South East Asia Programme Office Indonesia, Basic Needs Services (BNS, Phillippines), Cambodian Association of Civil Engineers (CACE), Cambodian Education and Waste Management Organization (COMPED), Consortium for DEWATS Dissemination (CDD, India), Foundation for Educational Innovations in Asia (FEDINA, India), Ladakh Ecological Development Group (LEDeG, India), Excellent Novel and Radical Ideas (EXNORA International, India), Indian Institute of Youth Welfare (IIYW), Rural Literacy & Health Programme (RLHP, India), Institute for Integrated Economic & Social Development (BEST, Indonesia), Bali Fokus, (Indonesia), Lembaga Pengembangan Teknologi Pedesaan (LPTP, Indonesia), Lao Institute for Renewable Energy (LIRE), Mony Consultants Ltd (Cambodia), Vietnam Institute for Water Resources Research (VIWRR), Technology for Economic Development (TED, Lesotho) and Water and Sanitation Association of Zambia (WASAZA)

17:15-19:00 Room K12

The BORDA - Basic Needs Services (BNS) - Network developed and implemented the Decentralised Wastewater Treatment Systems (DEWATS) approach for 15 years. This approach has been field-tested and validated by national legislation and sector policies in Asia and Africa. The DEWATS approach was developed as a response to the fact that on the one hand, individual, indigenous and unsophisticated latrines or, on the other hand, large and sophisticated systems are either hygienically unsafe, too expensive or are not technically feasible for rollout to the 2.6 billion unserved. So, why not boost a proven solution?

Video clips from Indonesia, India and Lesotho will showcase achievements and lessons learnt. Network representatives from 6 countries will discuss with the audience the results and explain strategies for up-scaling the approach.

Presentation from the event

DEWATS – Why Not Boost a Proven Solution
to the Sanitation Gap?