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UNICEF has carried out sustainability checks of their water and sanitation programmes in East and West Africa, and in Asia. This presentation reviews what these checks have in common, the methods used and disparities in data aggregation. Key results for water supply (functionality rates and service provider performance) and sanitation (latrine functionality and open defecation) are provided. It concludes with an overview of the impact of conducting sustainability checks and recommendations on the methodology and and use. Presented by Julia Boulenouar (Aguaconsult) at the IRC Event "Checking and monitoring sustainability of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) services" in The Hague, The Netherlands on 16 November 2016,
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Sugarcane mill produces significant amount of wastes mainly in the form of liquid waste or also knows as sugarcane mill effluent (SCME). SCME can cause water pollution and need proper treatment before it can be discharge into water sources (river or lake). This is due to the high content of Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD), Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD), Total Suspended Solid (TSS) and Volatile Suspended Solid (VSS).In present study, biological treatment (anaerobic system) and membrane filtration assisted with ultrasonic effect was carried out to treat the SCME. In anaerobic system, the decomposition of organic and inorganic substrate occurs without the presence of oxygen to treat high concentration of organic carbon waste such as SCME and methane gas (CH4) is produced as a by product in this process. Ultrasonic assisted membrane system is applied in the system in order to enhance the efficiency of the process in treating the SCME. Study was conducted by comparing the quality of the SCME after undergo the treatment process using membrane anaerobic system (MAS) and ultrasonic membrane anaerobic system (UMAS). From the study, it shows that more than 90% (>90%) percents of removal efficiency (BOD, COD, and TSS), and reduce flux decline is achieved by using UMAS
Keywords: Sugarcane waste water effluent, Ultrasonic, Anaerobic Digestion
This workshop will present the results of a project conducted by the Council of Great Lakes Industries and funded by the Great Lakes Protection Fund to evaluate the applicability of global water stewardship tools at Great Lakes industrial facilities. Workshop presenters will review the results of pilot tests at four facilities — the Consumers Energy power plant in Grand Haven, Michigan; The Escanaba Paper Co. mill in Escanaba, Michigan; a Shell petroleum refinery in Sarnia, Ontario; and a Lafarge cement plant in Bath, Ontario — and provide an opportunity for participants to discuss water stewardship measures, public disclosure practices, and the potential for identifying water stewardship goals and tracking methodologies.
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Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs (DGIS) Conflict sensitivity support and tools. Referenced in the IRC WASH debate "Sustainable WASH service delivery and local WRM in fragile states: how far can you get?" which took place 20 November 2019 in The Hague, the Netherlands.
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Images from the IRC WASH Debates series, which took place 26 June 2019 in The Hague, the Netherlands.
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2. Outline
Introduction to LCCA
Key findings of inception mission
Proposed study district
Activities and milestones
Project management structure
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5. The cost of failure – 20 countries in
sub-Saharan Africa
Investment 36%
loss in
sub- Sierra Leone today??
Saharan -~40% of rural non-functional
Africa of at time of visit (point
sources)???
between
US$ 1.2 to
1.3 billion
over 20
years
Information Collated by Peter Harvey, UNICEF Zambia, May 2007
6.
7.
8. Life-cycle costs approach
The life-cycle costs is the cost of ensuring
adequate water, sanitation and hygiene
(WASH) services to a specific population in
a determined geographical area - not just
for a few years but indefinitely.’
The WASHCost methodology, Life-cycle cost
approach (LCCA) has two components:
- the cost of providing WASH services
- WASH service received by the users
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13. ExpDS per capita at district level
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14. Water service levels
Quantity Quality Accessibility Reliability
Service (lpcd) distance and crowding (mpcd)
level
High >= 60 Litres per Meets or exceeds Less than 10 minutes (Water Very reliable =
capita per day national norms available in the compound or HH) works all the time
based on regular
testing
Intermediat >= 40 Litres per
e capita per day Acceptable user Between 10 and 30 minutes. Reliable/secure =
Basic >= 20 Litres per perception and (Less than 500m AND <= works most of the
(normative) capita per day meets/exceeds normative population per time
national norms functioning water point)
based on
occasional testing
Sub- >=5 Litres per Negative user Between 30 and 60 minutes. Problematic
standard capita per day perception and/or (Between 500m and 1000 meters =Suffers
no testing AND/OR more than normative significant
population per functioning water breakdowns and
point) slow repairs
No service <5 Litres per Fails to meet More than 60min Unreliable/insecu
capita per day national norms (More than 1000m) re = completely
Source: Moriarty et al., 2010 broken down
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15. Costing sanitation service levels
Environmental
Reliability
Service Accessibility Use protection
(O&M)
levels (pollution and density)
Improved Each family dwelling has Facilities used Regular or routine Non problematic
service one or more toilets in by all members O&M (inc. pit environmental impact
the compound of HH emptying) disposal and re-use of
requiring minimal safe-by products
user effort
Basic Latrine with Facilities used Unreliable O&M Non problematic
service impermeable slab (hh or by some (inc. pit emptying) environmental impact
shared) at national norm members of HH and requiring high and safe disposal
distance from hh user effort
Limited Platform without
“service” (impermeable) slab No or No O&M (pit Significant
separated faeces from insufficient use emptying) taking environmental
users place and any pollution, increasing
No service No separation between user extremely dirty with increased
and faeces, e.g. open toilet population density
defecation
January 25, 2013 et al., 2011 (revised service levels)
Source: Potter KNUST/IRC team
16. Reliability and use are important
Environmental
Reliability
Service Accessibility Use protection
(O&M)
levels (pollution and density)
Improved Each family dwelling has Facilities used Regular or routine Non problematic
service one or more toilets in by all members O&M (inc. pit environmental impact
the compound of HH emptying) disposal and re-use of
requiring minimal safe-by products
user effort
Basic Latrine with Facilities used Unreliable O&M Non problematic
service impermeable slab (hh or by some (inc. pit emptying) environmental impact
shared) at national norm members of HH and requiring high and safe disposal
distance from hh user effort
Limited Platform without
“service” (impermeable) slab No or No O&M (pit Significant
separated faeces from insufficient use emptying) taking environmental
users place and any pollution, increasing
No service No separation between user extremely dirty with increased
and faeces, e.g. open toilet population density
defecation
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18. Cost vrs water service levels
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19. Hygiene Service
The hygiene indictors cover:
Faecal containment and latrine use
Hand washing with soap/Substitute
Drinking water source and
Management
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21. General Findings
High enthusiasm and feedback on “good timing” from
stakeholders.
Urgent need for annual recurrent costs after construction.
Assumption that after construction Local Councils and communities
will “take over” the management of the facilities.
Lack of knowledge on the requirements for yearly maintenance and
human resources contributing to rates of no-functionality as high
as 40%,
The strong capacity building focus in the project is seen as
fundamental for supporting realistic WASH Council plans and
budgets.
Interest in the “service level” approach to measure sustainability
and value for money.
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22. Challenges to project implementation
Lack of personnel and logistics at the Ministry of Water
Resources.
No coordination platform to discuss sector priorities,
which will limit the dissemination and uptake of project
findings.
No sharing between key implementing development
partners
No sharing between DPs and government
There are limited programmes in rural water and
sanitation which have been implemented more than
three years ago, limiting the collection of real data on
maintenance.
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23. Quick wins for WASHCost project
Available capacity for institutional cost mapping , organising larger data
collection in the initial three districts and physical hosting of the project
High interest from health and sanitation department. In addition to the
agreements with the MoWR, we will also seek an agreement with the
MoH.
Stakeholders seem to agree on study districts based on availability of
cost information , diversity of water systems and sanitation/hygiene
approaches, a mix of rural, small-town and peri-urban systems and
geographical distribution.
Availability and willingness to share cost and service level data and several
ongoing complementary studies with which synergies can be achieved.
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24. Districts for study
Availability/diversity of
District Implementing
information Other aspects
N/S/E agencies with costs
Water Sanitation
Kenema (E) R + PU R + PU GOAL, GIZ Mentioned by
Gravity, HP CLTS WaterAid, UNICEF everyone + ASI
Bo (S) PU – gravity PU Through district Dynamic
fed, HP leadership
Bombali (N) Gravity, HP CLTS UNICEF Spare part study
InterAid
Tonkolili (N) Rural part of CLTS UNICEF ASI
Bombali
Port Loko (N) X CLTS UNICEF, JICA, PLAN
Kambia (N) 42 small X JICA ASI
towns
Moyamba (S) Water CLTS PLAN, UNICEF ASI
programme
Pujehun (S) CLTS UNICEF Difficult area,
not for pilot
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25. Activities
Grouped into 5 areas:
Capacity building
Study tour in Ghana
District training in LCCA
Training in Data Collection
National level LCCA training
Data Collection and Analysis
Institutional Cost mapping
Data Collection
Data Analysis
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26. Activities
Learning and Sharing
Validation workshop on Institutional cost mapping
Validation workshop on cost and service level analysis
WASHCost Sierra Leone website
Presentation at national, regional and international conferences
Embedding
Publication of briefing notes for the sector
Dedicated support for the use of WASHCost data in selected
Project Management
Reporting
Management of consultants
Synergies with ongoing projects
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27. Mile stones
Description of outcome based milestones Expected
1 Agreements with MoWR and MoH on their roles, selection ofMarch 2013
focal persons and outcomes of study trip to Ghana
2 Establishment of Steering Committee to guide the March
implementation of WASHCost Sierra Leone 2013
3 Institutional cost mapping discussed and validated with sector May 2013
stakeholders
4 Selected district staff is trained on the life-cycle cost approach June 2013
5 Data analysis discussed and validated with sector stakeholders August
2013
6 Case-studies, briefing notes and other advocacy materials Nov 2013
shared at national, regional and international level
7 Evidence on the use of the life-cycle cost approach for planning February
and budgeting 2014
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28. Project Management structure
Project Steering Committee
KNUST/IRC ASI/WASH FACILITY
Local consultants:
Institutional Cost mapping
Data collection
Project hosting
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29. What WASHCost can offer
Compare the normative service indicators stated in the Sierra Leone
policy with the real level of services delivered.
Provide life-cycle cost benchmarks for rural and peri-urban services.
Measure the costs of decentralisation (direct support expenditure).
Quantify wasteful investments by measuring “slippage levels”.
Define the levels of maintenance required and compare with existing
funds to the sector.
Quantify amount of capital expenditure budget that could be
reserved for the maintenance, which users cannot pay for to ensure
sustainability.
Capacity building and training on budgeting, planning and monitoring
costs and service levels and the cost implications for different
implementation models.
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