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Development Partner Roundtable on Sustainable Sanitation in Asia

20 September 2018
Tokyo

Development Partner Presentation

Developing and Implementing

Sustainable Rural Sanitation Solutions
in Cambodia
By
Michael White
Urban Development Specialist (Water Supply and Sanitation)
Southeast Department, Asian Development Bank
 ADB Support for Rural Water Supply and Sanitation in Cambodia

• Tonle Sap Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Sector Project

• 2006-2009 five provinces around the Tonle Sap lake
• $18 million ADB grant
• Second Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Sector Project (RWSSP2)
• 2010-2016 six provinces around the Tonle Sap lake
• $21 million ADB grant
• Additional Financing for RWSSP2
• 2016-2019 six provinces around the Tonle Sap lake
• $15 million concessional loan
• $2 million JFPR technical assistance (new RWSS, climate change, and DRM)
• $1.5 million BMGF grant (new fecal sludge management solutions)
• Third Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Sector project
• 2020-2025 eight provinces
• $50 million concessional loan
 Main Project Activities to Date

• Capacity Development:
• Sanitation awareness and marketing
• RWSSH training, including at schools
• WSUGs established and provided with O&M training
• Role of women enhanced
• Water Supply:
• 100% water supply coverage in selected communes
• Various water supply solutions based on local conditions
• Schools provided with rainwater harvesting and storage tanks for dry season
• Sanitation
• Target 80% sanitation coverage in selected communes
• Since RWSSP2, only pour flush latrines provided (community requested)
• CLTS-hybrid model (includes subsidy for the poor and vulnerable)
• Locally produced components to provide lower cost and job opportunities
 Ongoing Initiatives Under the Additional Financing

• $2 million JFPR technical assistance

• Improved RWSSH program design
• Inclusion of climate change and disaster risk management
• Water and sanitation safety plans (village level)
• $1.5 million BMGF grant
• Development of new village level fecal sludge management solutions
• Extensive pilot studies for land-based communities (12 months):
• On-site and off-site pilot (village level) solutions in 4 provinces
• Biodigesters (mixed with animal wastes) produces gas for local use
• Composting for local agricultural use
• Extensive pilot studies for boat-based communities (12 months)
• Five pilot solutions tested
• 50% household coverage in 2 communes (more than 1,000 HH)
• 12 months monitoring of pilot solutions
 New for the Third Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Sector Project

• Mainstream village-level water and sanitation safety plans

• Updated RWSSH program
• Climate change and disaster risk management
• Solar power use to introduce new water supply solutions
• Areas with contaminated groundwater
• Areas with no surface or groundwater during the dry season
• Sanitation
• Open defecation free target (requested by the government)
• Replicate and scale-up successful fecal sludge management pilots
• Revised sanitation subsidy system
• Further support local sanitation businesses and O&M
• Institutional reform to support ongoing decentralization
• At central and provincial level
• District level O&M
 Development Partner Roundtable on Sustainable Sanitation in Asia

Thank You for your attention !