With universal access to sanitation trailing far behind set targets, there is an urgent need to break new ground in the provision of sanitation solutions. A special three-part workshop at the forthcoming IWA Development Congress in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, will examine technical, management and financial solutions for urban sanitation. A second dedicated sanitation session will deal with “Faecal Sludge Management, Biosolids, Waste as a Resource”. Ms. Jaehyang So, Manager of the Water and Sanitation Program (WSP), will give a keynote presentation on titled “Meeting the Challenge of Urban Sanitation for Poor People: What will it take?”.
IWA, SANDEC, BORDA and IWK are co-convening the Workshop on “Frontiers of urban sanitation solutions”, which will include the following presentations:
Technology options
- What will it take to reinvent the toilet and can we wait that long? Doulaye Kone, USA
- Decentralized wastewater treatment options – an emerging market for emerging cities. Andreas Ulrich, Germany
- Simplified sewerage: ‘top-down’ planning for a scaleable sanitation solution in high-density low-income urban areas. Duncan Mara, UK
- A comparative assessment of sanitation options for low and middle-income countries in Asia. Markus Starkl, Austria
- Sustainability assessment of sanitation options in Vietnam: planning with the future in mind. Juliet Willetts, Australia
Management models
- Total urban sanitation – rethinking our approach to implementation in cities. Barbara Evans, UK
- Sanitation Model for Urban Slum in Southeast Asia. Ken Ushijima, Japan
- A planning framework for explaining success and failure in water supply and sanitation projects in low and middle income countries. Markus Starkl, Austria
- Sustainable Sanitation in the Philippine Context. Danilo Lapid, The Philippines
Financing
- Financing Slum Sanitation: Challenges and Solutions in slums of Kampala and Dar es Salaam. John Bosco Isunju, Uganda
- Experience in financial planning and access financial flows for urban sanitation. Sam Parker, UK
- Rethinking our approach to costing sanitation. Guy Hutton, Switzerland
The following papers will be presented at the session on “Faecal Sludge Management, Biosolids, Waste as a Resource”:
- Managing Wastewater Sludge/Biosolids in a Developing Country – South African Case Study. Heidi Gertruida Snyman, South Africa
- Solar Drying and Composting of Sewage Sludge. Robert Boyd, South Africa
- Integrated faecal sludge management scheme for the cities of Burkina Faso. Magalie Bassan, Burkina Faso
- Fertilizer from Wastewaters: Procedure and Detection of Micro-Organic Pollutants. Patiya Kemacheevakul, Japan
- Design of Human Composting Latrines for Robust Solar Disinfection including Inactivation of Ascaris Lumbricoides. Craig Adams, USA
The 2nd IWA Development Congress & Exhibition is taking place from 21-24 November 2011. For more information and the full conference programme go to www.iwa2011kl.org/
Sanitation Updates 
Can any interested person be part of this workshop and is there sponsorship. It is a ggod innovation.
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