Why Sustainable Sanitation and Water Management? Katharina Conradin & Michael Kropac, seecon international gmbh

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2. 6 billion people without improved sanitation. Source: M. Kropac 2. 6 billion people without improved sanitation. TODAY. Source: WHO-UNICEF 2010

884 million people without access to clean water. Source: J. Heeb 884 million people without access to clean water. TODAY. Source: WHO-UNICEF 2010

Source: REUTERS Lack of water. TODAY. http://www.kodak.com/US/images/en/corp/1000words/pennyl/DroughtPaddock.jpg

Source: http://crs-blog. org/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/afg2008018673 Poor yields. TODAY. http://www.kodak.com/US/images/en/corp/1000words/pennyl/DroughtPaddock.jpg

Source: http://www.grida.no/publications/rr/sickwater/ Water wasted. TODAY.

What is the situation in South Asia?

Source: WHO-UNICEF 2010

INDIA: SCARCITY of WATER Groundwater [Depleted] Surface water [Polluted] Rainfall [Wasted] Population [ ] Demand [ ] Consumption [ ] INDIA: SCARCITY of WATER Agriculture [affected] Health & Environment [under pressure] Future [ ? ] Industrial Growth [ ] Economy-Industry [ ]

Groundwater depletion in Dhaka, Bangladesh Example: Groundwater depletion in Dhaka, Bangladesh Source: angladesh Agricultural Development Corporation on http://www.sos-arsenic.net/english/groundwater/index.html

And what about tomorrow?

WOULD YOU CALL IT COMON SENSE? To mix each day 2 million tons of highly polluted water with the 1000-fold amount of clean water, every day? Source: http://www.grida.no/publications/rr/sickwater/

WOULD YOU CALL IT COMON SENSE? Source: www.es-makler.de To spend billions of dollars to clean this water up again?

WOULD YOU CALL IT COMON SENSE? Source: http://www.grida.no/publications/rr/sickwater/ WOULD YOU CALL IT COMON SENSE? To discharge this water, when it would be dearly needed in agriculture?

NO, IT IS NOT COMMON SENSE!

LET’S DO IT BETTER!

Let’s try to link water, sanitation and agriculture and look at it as one issue!

Let’s recycle nutrients and water! Source: SHEWA & GELETA 2009 Source: MORGAN 2007

Policy making on high levels is important, but…. Source: http://mattkava.com

..let’s start with work in the meanwhile where WE have the power to do something… …on a local level! Source: M. KROPAC 2008

..let’s involve the people in the decision making process… Source: M. KROPAC 2004

...and implementation, operation and maintenance! Source: M. KROPAC 2008

…let’s not only focus on hardware solutions, but also on software! Source: http://www.wsp.org

Let’s focus on a holistic approach  Sustainable Sanitation and Water Management! Source: http://www.sswm.info

Sustainable Sanitation and Water Management (SSWM)… … is a holistic approach. … links sustainable sanitation with water management and agriculture. … considers the water and the nutrient cycle together.

Sustainable Sanitation and Water Management (SSWM)… Source: PHADKE 2009 … starts simple, and locally. … gives equal importance to hardware and software. … is not a specific technology, but about all measures that aim at making sanitation and water management sustainable.

References PHADKE, P. (2009): Poo. Pune: Aman Setu Publications. WHO-UNICEF (2010): Progress on Sanitation and Drinking Water. 2010 Update. Geneva: WHO Press. MORGAN P. (2007): Toilets that Make Compost. Low-cost Sanitary Toilets that produce valuable Compost in an African context. Stockholm: Stockholm Environment Institut (SEI), EcoSanRes Programm. Available at: http://www.ecosanres.org/toilets_that_make_compost.htm [Accessed: 11.08.2010] SHEWA, W.A., GELETA, B.G. (2009): Greywater tower, Arba Minch, Ethiopia - Draft.  (=SuSanA - Case Studies). Eschborn: Susatinable Sanitation Alliance (SuSanA)  Available at: http://www.susana.org/lang-en/case-studies [Accessed: 26.09.2010] 28

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