SOPAC SPREP GPA/UNEP PWA
Regional Meeting on Wastewater
Management in the Pacific
Majuro, 10-15 October 2001
Programme Regional Meeting
z 1 Introduction
z 2 Case studies by experts / gaps identified
z 3 Guidance for Decision makers
z 4 Draft Policy Statement
z 5 Case studies by experts / lessons learned
z 6 Responses
z 7 Actions
z 8 Endorsement of Strategic Action Plan
z 9 Future scope on Wastewater
Documents
z 1. Provisional Agenda
z 2. Provisional List of Participants
z 3. Draft Policy Statement on Wastewater for Pacific
Island Countries
z 4. Pacific Wastewater Strategic Action Plan
Background Document
z 5. Guidance document on Municipal Wastewater (GPA)
z 6. A Directory of Environmentally Sound Technologies
for the Integrated Management of Solid, Liquid and
Hazardous Waste for Small Island Developing States
(SIDS) in the Pacific Region (OPUS/UNEP)
Introduction
z Global Programme of Action (Cees van de Guchte)
z Pacific Programme of Action
z Wastewater Consultation Meetings
z Establishment of the Pacific SAP
z Regional Wastewater Meeting
Pacific Programme of Action
z Regional Programme of Action for GPA
Workshop Apia SPREP October 1999
z Pacific Overview on Land-based Pollutant Sources
y UNEP Regional Seas Reports and Studies No. 174
z Wastewater indicated as Priority for Action
y Regional Consultation Meetings Proposed by SPREP/SOPAC
Preparation for Consultation
Meetings
Identification of Stakeholders in the Pacific:
z Governments Pacific Island Countries
z Pacific Water Utilities
z Regional and International Organisations (SPREP;
SOPAC; WHO; SPC; GPA)
z Associations (NZWWA; AWA; PWA)
z Donor Agencies (ADB; WB; EU; NZODA; AUSAID)
z IETC; SPM; Greenpeace; WWF
z Hotels
z Industry
Wastewater Consultation
Meetings
z Auckland February 2001
y Establishment of Working Groups Pacific SAP
z Apia March 2001
y Draft Pacific Strategic Action Plan
z Majuro October 2001
y Endorsement of Draft Policy Statement
y Development of the Strategic Action Plan
z First Intergovernmental Review Meeting GPA
Montreal November 2001
y Implementation of the Global Programme of Action
y Pacific Wastewater meeting
Structure of Strategic Action
Plan background document
z 1) Context (Pacific situation, definitions, linkages)
z 2) Goal of the Action Plan
z 3) Guidelines for Sustainability
z 4) Wastewater Management in the Pacific
z 5) Constraints and Responses
y A) political will, regulations and compliance/enforcement, transparency
y B) data, institutional, physical infrastructure, external influences
y C) planning, human, natural and financial resources
y D) public awareness, cultural, indigenous issues, gender aspects
z 6) Actions and Recommendations
Pacific Situation
z Pollution in the Pacific Ocean
z Global Initiatives
z Regional Recognition of the Need to
Protect the Marine Environment
Definitions
z GPA defines land-based sources of marine
pollution as: Municipal, industrial or agricultural
sources, both fixed and mobile, on land,
discharges which reach the marine environment
from outfalls and runoff, through rivers and
canals and via the atmosphere.
z Wastewater in the Pacific SAP includes: liquid,
human and industrial waste and stormwater
(runoff caused by rainfall) in rural as well as
urban areas.
Linkages
z Waste management (SPREP,
MARPOL/PACPOL)
z Oceans (IOC, Ocean Charter; CROP, Oceans
policy)
z Coral reefs (ICRI)
z Climate Change (SPREP, PICCAP)
Goal Pacific SAP
z "To ensure that wastewater discharges
within the Pacific are managed
sustainably, and without adverse
effects on our natural resources."
Guidelines for Sustainability
Guidance for decision-makers:
z Institutional Arrangements
z Advocacy and Public Awareness
z Financing Options
z Selection of Technology
Wastewater Management in
the Pacific
z National Decision Making
z Planning Policy and Regulation
z Needs Assessment
z Technology, Infrastructure, Selection and
Design
z Construction and Implementation
z Operation Management and Monitoring
Wastewater Management
Processes and Inputs
Planning/policies/
regulations
Construction and/or
implementation
Needs
Decision Making
assessment
Operation,
management,
Technology/infrastructure
monitoring
selection and design
Key performance indicators
Constraints and
Responses
z A) political will, regulations and compliance/enforcement,
transparency
z B) data, institutional, physical infrastructure, external
influences
z C) planning, human, natural and financial resources
z D) public awareness, cultural, indigenous issues, gender
aspects
Actions and Recommendations
z Pacific input toward International Action
z National and Regional Actions
z Local Actions
Regional Wastewater
Meeting
Goals:
z Finalise Policy Statement
y 4 Guiding principles
x Policy and Regulations
x Institutions, Infrastructure and Information
x Human, Natural and Financial Resources
x Awareness and Socio-Cultural issues
y Policies
y Strategies
z Finalise Strategic Action Plan
Future scope on Wastewater
October 2001
z Policy Statement endorsed
z GPA/UNEP Guidance document Pacific annex
z Strategic Action Plan endorsed
November 2001
z Montreal GPA Review meeting
2002 2006?
z Implementation of the Pacific SAP
z Demonstration Projects
Success!