An interview with Hendra Gupta (manager of the Regenerative Sanitation Hub project, Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand). Hendra Gupta doesn't believe in one system catches-all approach. Much depends on the government's national, provincial and municipal commitment. For a large-scale treatment plant, it is essential to have support from the national government to secure the funding and the personnel capacity for planning and execution of the plans. Often a decentralized approach proves to be better, but sometimes outside pressure changes the preferred method. For instance, in tourist areas where the tourists expect not to see any trace of wastewater in the beach or nature areas they visit.
A nice tutorial on SDGs. Very helpful and informative.
These discussions are very valuable as they provide a comprehensive global view of the challenges of wastewater management, not restricted to just one country or area of the world. It’s true the subject after isn’t attractive or trendy but the necessity for an essential resource should make it of interest to all. Maybe a renaming would help.
No doubt areas considered as tourist hotspots must suffer the effects of temporary occupancy just as is often the case where crowds gather for an event and thoughtlessly leave behind trash. How sad that fouling a beautiful area is given small attention.
Those who make it their life’s work are indeed to be commended. Thanks to your guests, UN-Habitat and you for bringing awareness.
What stuck out for me in this one were nature-based solutions and how difficult data gathering is. Thank you for explaining what the relevant SDGs are and for listing the goals, targets, and indicators. I always feel a bit lost when all those come up. I hope they find a way to convince the relevant people that wastewater treatment is crucial. It sounded like people getting really sick was not reason enough.
A nice tutorial on SDGs. Very helpful and informative.
These discussions are very valuable as they provide a comprehensive global view of the challenges of wastewater management, not restricted to just one country or area of the world. It’s true the subject after isn’t attractive or trendy but the necessity for an essential resource should make it of interest to all. Maybe a renaming would help.
No doubt areas considered as tourist hotspots must suffer the effects of temporary occupancy just as is often the case where crowds gather for an event and thoughtlessly leave behind trash. How sad that fouling a beautiful area is given small attention.
Those who make it their life’s work are indeed to be commended. Thanks to your guests, UN-Habitat and you for bringing awareness.
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What stuck out for me in this one were nature-based solutions and how difficult data gathering is. Thank you for explaining what the relevant SDGs are and for listing the goals, targets, and indicators. I always feel a bit lost when all those come up. I hope they find a way to convince the relevant people that wastewater treatment is crucial. It sounded like people getting really sick was not reason enough.