Potential and limitations of existing technical alternatives on human excreta and domestic wastewater management in Haiphong City, Vietnam | |
| Author | Pham Ngoc Bao |
| Call Number | AIT Thesis no.EV-06-30 |
| Subject(s) | Sanitation--Vietnam--Haiphong--Environmental aspects Sewage--Environmental aspects--Vietnam--Haiphong |
| Note | A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Engineering, School of Environment, Resources and Development |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Abstract | Rapid urbanisation and increasing demands for water have resulted in the expanding of waterborne sanitation in the urban as well as in peri-urban areas throughout the developing world. The discharge of untreated wastewater and faecal sludge into the natural environment has major impacts on the health of communities and results in widespread environmental degradation. Although the conventional sanitation approach could improve significantly the public health situation in some countries who could afford to installation, operation and maintenance them; however it is not really the sustainable and appropriate solution for developing countries because of various reasons, but primary due to economics. Despite all of these facts, most research and projects currently being conducted and funded in the field of environmental sanitation in developing countries like Vietnam are still related to the conventional sanitation approach. Thus, this study is designed to fill this gap by developing a range of technical alternatives which could not only have potential costs and savings but also could lead to a more sustainable and robust alternatives to the centralized sanitation concept; one possible approach is decentralised sanitation, making it locally organized and people-driven. This study focus on investigation in details the potential and limitations of existing technical alternatives on human excreta and domestic wastewater management in Haiphong, with a case study in Cat Bi ward, where there is a huge potential for using of onsite and decentralised sanitations for human excreta and wastewater disposal and where people having high potential of willing to pay for wastewater and sanitation fee. SWOT analysis technique has been used in the evaluation process. Results from above analysis are the foundation for the proposal of decision making flowsheet aims at assisting and facilitating for the sanitation planners and decision makers in Haiphong in general and in Cat Bi ward in particular in the selection of the most appropriate sanitation alternatives for their area, and making a choice towards sustainability |
| Year | 2006 |
| Type | Thesis |
| School | School of Environment, Resources, and Development (SERD) |
| Department | Department of Energy and Climate Change (Former title: Department of Energy, Environment, and Climate Change (DEECC)) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Environmental Engineering and Management (EV) |
| Chairperson(s) | Thammarat Koottatep; |
| Examination Committee(s) | Nguyen Thi Kim Oanh ; Aramaki, Toshiya |
| Scholarship Donor(s) | Government of Sweden (Sida) ; |
| Degree | Thesis (M.Eng.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 2006 |