Miriam Otoo January 17, 2014 Colombo, Sri Lanka International Water Management Institute (IWMI)

1. Photo: Nilanthi Jayathilake/IWMI
Waste management:
A challenge for our water bodies
Miriam Otoo
January 17, 2014
Colombo, Sri Lanka
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2. Solid waste
Kinniya
Hikkaduwa
Eravur
Kalmunai
Gampaha
Kinniya
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Photo: Tom van Cakenberghe/IWMI
Liquid waste

3. From waste to resource
Co-composting
Safe organic fertilizer
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4. Safeguarding our water bodies
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Innovation pioneered by IWMI is informing improved liquid waste (septage) management in
the national sanitation policy.
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National guidelines and manuals on septage management for safe disposal and/or reuse
being developed.
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Close collaboration with the headquarters of FAO, WHO, UNEP
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5. Turning waste into an asset
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Thank you
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