Chair
of ETC Board Professor Goen Ho recently completed an important book
on a global review of international wastewater and stormwater technologies
for sustainable development in developing countries. The book is now
available online at the UNEP-IETC Website.
This
'International Source Book on Environmentally Sound Technologies for
Wastewater and Stormwater Management' is a sequel to IETC's successful
publication 'International Source Book on Environmentally Sound Technologies
for Municipal Solid Waste Management'. The urgent need for information
on how to deal with wastewater is clearly shown by the fact that nearly
3 billion people are without adequate sanitation and its impact on
health, medical bills, consequent loss of economic productivity and
environmental degradation.
This
Source Book complements UNEP's Practical Policy Guidance for the implementation
of the Global Programme of Action (GPA) for the protection of the marine
environment from land based activities. Much of the pollution from
land based activities come with wastewater and stormwater. Though approached
from different angles the two publications are consistent in their
message.
