WASPA

Wastewater Agriculture and Sanitation for Poverty Alleviation

The project WASPA – Asia, is funded by the EU Asia Pro Eco II Programme of the European Commission. It is undertaken in Sri Lanka and Bangladesh by the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) and COSI in Sri Lanka with the guidance of the International Water and Sanitation Centre in the Netherlands; NGO Forum for Drinking Water Supply and Sanitation in Bangladesh; and the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) in Sweden.

At present WASPA Asia project in Kurunegala is working hand in hand with the relevant stakeholders to develop participatory action plans to address issues relating to wastewater agriculture.

WASPA - Kurunegala

The target community of this project is the inhabitants of Wilgoda, Kurunegala Sri Lanka.This is a community that engage in Wastewater Agriculture.The (waste) water that they use for their agriculture purposes is from a wastewater channel that runs through the city of Kurunegala. Hence the water consists of greywater from households, blackwater from industries, clinical waste as well as excreta making the the farmer community as well as the people who live along the channel vulnerable to diseases etc.

Approach

• To Test Solutions for Sanitation and Decentralized Wastewater Management for its use in Agriculture.

• Holistic and Sustainable Wastewater Management through Intervention in the whole chain of Improved Sanitation, Contaminant Reduction, Waste Treatment, Disposal, Use in Agriculture and Promotion of Hygiene Behaviour.

• Achieved through Stakeholder involvement to facilitate the development and implementation of Participatory Action Plans (PAPs) to Test Technologies for Safe Waste Management and Application in Agriculture.

• Share Experience through Learing Alliances at different levels and learing events and build capacity.

WASPA from IWMI

WASPA Publications