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SBMC Newsletter
From Sewerage Business Management Center
http://www.sbmc.or.jp/english/
Vol.5 No.4
January 31, 2008
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The contents of this issue are as follows.
1. 1st ASIA-PACIFIC WATER SUMMIT HELD IN BEPPU CITY,
JAPAN
"Message from Beppu" was adopted as a summary
of the summit
2. ISO/TC 224; ISO 24500 SERIES APPROVED IN PLENARY
MEETING HELD IN JAPAN
Guidelines for Service Activities Relating to
Drinking Water Supply Systems and Wastewater
Systems
3. REPORT FROM PARTICIPANTS IN 2007 SEWAGE WORKS
ENGINEERING AND STORMWATER DRAINAGE TECHNOLOGY
JICA TRAINING PROGRAM
Mr. Rayniel Diaz
From Dominican Republic
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1. 1st ASIA-PACIFIC WATER SUMMIT HELD IN BEPPU CITY,
JAPAN
"Message from Beppu" was adopted as a summary
of the summit
The 1st Asia-Pacific Water Summit was held 3-4
December 2007, in Beppu City, Oita Prefecture, Japan.
In the Summit, a total of 10 Panel Sessions were
held under the three priority themes: "water
Financing and Capacity Development", "Water-related
Disaster Management", and "Water for Development and
Ecosystems".
The political leaders and representative from 36
Asia-Pacific countries were meeting to discuss the
solution for water and sanitation problems. The
summit supported by the government ofjapan, was
organized as one of keystone axtivities of Asia-
Pacific Water Forum (APWF) of which goal is to
contribute to sustainable water management in order
to achieve the targets of the MDGs (Millennium
Development Goals).

APWF Web Page  http://www.apwf.org/
In the Opening Session, Former Japanese Prime
Minister Yoshiro Mori, Charmin of the summit's
steering committee, stated that this summit,
focusing on the theme "Water Security : Leadership
and Commitment", is expected to provide provide a
good opportunity for governments and other nation
leaders to raise the awareness of water issues
and share a determination to take concrete actions
towards the solution of water issues.
His Imperial Highness the Crown Prince of Japan,
Honorary President of United Nation Advisory Board
on Water and Sanitation made Opening Speech, and
Speech, and Prime Minister of Japan, Mr.Yasuo
Fukuda stated in welcome speech that this summit
will give a strong momentum to the G8 Hokkaido
Toyako Summit in 2008.
On the occasion of the Summit, series of events
including public symposium, seminars and workshops,
exhibitions, etc. (more than 60 events) were held.
http://www.reg-clinkage.jp/apws/openevent/
project/index.html
Participants of 2007 JICA Sewage Works Engineering
and Stormwater Drainage Course visited Beppu city
and attended following symposium and seminars.
1) Symposium of Asia-Pacific Water Summit "Message
from Wastewater Management" Integrated Water
Resource Management in Mega City Organized by
Japan Wastewater Committee for Asia Pacific
Water Summit (MLIT, Japan Sewage Works
Association, SBMC, etc.)
Participated Countries and Organizations (China,
India, Thailand, Korea, Japan ; Kitakyusyu City)
http://www.reg-clinkage.jp/apws/openevent
/project/index.html#L19
 
http://www.jswa.jp/03_news/pdf/symposium.
pdf#search='Message%20from%20Wastewater%
20Management>
2) The 2nd International WEPA Forum (Water Environment
Partnership in Asia) Organized by Ministry of
Environment Participated Countries(11 Countries
from Asia)
http://www.reg-clinkage.jp/apws/openevent/
project/index.html#L21
http://www.wepa-db.net/index.htm
3) 3rd IWA Workshop in Japan "Regulation and
Governance in Water Supply" organized by IWA
(International Water Association), JIP-Water Japan
International Partnership for Sustainable Water
Management, JWWA(Japan Water Works Association)
Participated Countries and Organizations (Malaysia,
Australia, Singapore, Korea, China, Japan, Cambodia,
Philippines, ADB, JBIC, etc.)
http://www.reg-clinkage.jp/apws/openevent
/project/index.html#N20
4) Sanitation Regional Launching of the International
Year of Sanitation 2008 Organized by JBIC,UNICEF,
WHO, UNESCAP
5) The 3rd Asian Water Cycle Symposium Organized by
Japan Aerospace and Exploration Agency, University
of Tokyo
http://www.reg-clinkage.jp/apws/openevent/
project/index.html#L16
http://www.prime-intl.co.jp/awcs/e_index.html
In Closing Session on Dec. 4th, Chair's Summary and
"Message from Beppu" were announced, and in the Message,
it was stated that the participants in the summit
recognized the importance of "water" and agreed with
following issues as recommendation to the governments
in Asia Pacific Region.
Recognize the people s right to safe drinking water
and basic sanitation as a basic human right and a
fundamental aspect of human security;
Accord the highest priority to water and sanitation
in our economic and development plans and agendas and
to increase substantially our allocation of resources
to the water and sanitation sectors,
Establish concrete goals for the 2008 Toyako G8 Summit
to:
- commit to support the developing countries to
achieve their MDG targets on water and sanitation;
and take immediate action to support adaptation to
climate change by developing countries;
For other issues announced in the message, please visit
the following web page.

http://www.apwf.org/archive/documents/summit/
Message_from_Beppu_071204.pdf

To see the illustrated version of this issue, please
visit following web page.
http://www.sbmc.or.jp/english/080131/1st_Asia
Pacific.html
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2. ISO/TC 224; ISO 24500 SERIES APPROVED IN PLENARY
MEETING HELD IN JAPAN
Guidelines for Service Activities Relating to
Drinking Water Supply Systems and Wastewater
Systems
ISO (the International Organization Standardization) is
worldwide federation of national standards bodies (ISO
member bodies) and publishes International Standards.
The work of preparing International Standards is normally
carried out through ISO Technical Committees (TC).
ISO/TC 224 was launched in 2001 to develop standards
providing guidelines for Service Activities Relating to
Drinking Water Supply Systems and Wastewater Systems.
Thirty-one countries participate in its work, with another
18 as observers, and eight international or regional
organizations, including ones representing consumers and
small and medium-sized enterprises

http://www.iso.org/iso/pressrelease.htm?refid
=Ref1053
After 6 years discussion and review in ISO/TC 224, the
ISO 24500 series of standards, Guidelines for Service
Activities Relating to Drinking Water Supply Systems and
Wastewater Systems, was finalized and approved in Plenary
Meeting of ISO/TC224 held in Tokyo, Japan in November
2007, and standards were published on December 1st by ISO.
The ISO 24500 series consist of following three standards.
ISO/DIS 24510 gives guidelines for the improvement and
assessment of the service to users;

http://www.iso.org/iso/iso_catalogue/catalogue_tc/
catalogue_detail.htm?csnumber=37246
Contents
1) Elements of the service relating to users
2) Objectives for the service in respect of users'
needs and expectations
3) Guidelines for satisfying users' needs and
expectation
4) Assessment criteria for service to users
5) Assessment of water services
6) Performance indicators
ISO/DIS 24512 gives guidelines for the management of
drinking water utilities and for the assessment of
drinking water services.
http://www.iso.org/iso/iso_catalogue/catalogue_tc/
catalogue_detail.htm?csnumber=37248
These standards are designed to help water authorities
and operators to achieve water quality to meet the
expectations of consumers and the principles of
sustainable development.  It is expected that
corporations or organization that manage water supply
systems and sewerage systems can correctly evaluate
their consumer services, maintenance and operation,
finance and user charge systems, etc. by Performance
Indicator as common index to increase the efficiency of
sewerage systems management.

Examples of Performance Indictor (PI)

Possible PI related protection of public health

Resident Population not served by wastewater
systems (%)
Possible PI related to provision of services under
normal and emergency situations
Sewer Blockages (No./100 km sewer/year)
Possible PI related to sustainability of the
wastewater utility
Total Cost Coverage Ratio by Revenues
In Japan, "Guideline for Improvement of User Services
relating sewerage system management" which explains
Performance Indicator considering characteristics of
Sewerage Systems in Japan, has been published by
Japan Sewage Works Association.
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3.

REPORT FROM PARTICIPANTS IN 2007 SEWAGE WORKS

ENGINEERING AND STORMWATER DRAINAGE TECHNOLOGY

JICA TRAINING PROGRAM

Mr. Rayniel Diaz
From Dominican Republic
The Dominican Republic is a Latin American country
located in the Greater Antilles archipelago on the
Caribbean island of Hispaniola. The Dominican Republic
shares the island roughly at a 2:1 ratio with Haiti.
The surface of the Dominican Republic is 48,442 square
kilometers, making it the second largest country in the
Antilles after Cuba. The country's capital and greatest
metropolitan area, Santo Domingo, is located at the
Southeast shore.
The Dominican Republic has many rivers, Higuamo, Romana,
Yaque del Norte, Yaque del Sur, Yuna and Bajabonico. The
Dominican Republic uses its rivers and streams to create
electricity and many hydro-electric plants and dams have
been created on rivers. Total population of the country
is around 9.033 million, the estimated population with
sewer 1.445 million (16%) and the estimated population
with supply water 5.87145 million (65%).
Most of the wastewater from the Santiago City, the
second largest city in Dominican Republic is
discharged to the river without receiving appropriate
treatment. The average water supply rate is 231,000 m3
/ day to the Santiago water service area, while the
wastewater treatment capacity in the city is only
76,300 m3 /day (30%).
Santiago City area comprises hilly lands, small
ravines and flat lands, with surface elevations ranging
from 253m above S.L at hilly sides(ceros de Gurabo) to
as low as 160m above S.L. at the areas along the Yaque
del Norte River. Because of these unique topographic
conditions prevailing in the Area, most of the sewers
can flow the wastewater by gravity toward the
wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs).
The water supply and sanitation Corporation of Santiago
(CORAASAN), is in charge of the operation, maintenance
and administration of water supply and sewerage in all
the municipalities within the Santiago Province.
A sewerage master plant up to the target year 2000 was
formulated in the beginnings of 1970th under the
assistance of the government of Italy. In the year 2000
through the collaboration of the Japan International
Cooperation Agency (JICA), elaborated a Master Plan up
to 2015.
At the moment we consist with 7 wastewater treatment
plants and 7 pumping stations. The existing WWTPs are
of the activated sludge treatment process except old
and small scale WWTPs of primary treatment process.

My case study theme in this course is "Restructing of
Management of Stormwater system for Santigo City".
At the moment, the system capacity of sewerage system
in the city is not enough because the quickly urban
development has modified the initial conditions
anticipated, increasing the superficial draining of
the stormwater.
The different analyses made by are evidence of the
principal problems of the deficiencies and
deterioration of the stormwater drainage system
that affects the urban development, are the
following ones:
- The necessities of an integral planning of the
stormwater sewerage system.
- Uncontrolled urban development
- Connections from the sanitary sewerage system
to the stormwater sewerage system.
- The necessity the administrative organization,
planning and operational system.
- Inadequate maintenance and operation of the
stormwater drainage system.
The conditions of vulnerability that presents the
city of the stormwater events show the necessity to
make the master plan of the stormwater sewerage system
of the urban area of the city
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