RECOVERING & REUSING RESOURCES IN URBANIZED ECOSYSTEMS

Objective of Program• The Objective of the RRR flagship is to capitalize on the

opportunities waste resources offer, to reduce the negative urban footprint on ecosystems and human health through innovative market-driven investments bringing nutrients, water and energy back into the production cycle.

• This will contribute to the WLE target of sustainable intensification by ensuring the efficient use of limited resources that contribute to long-term sustainability with limited environmental impact.

• The central focus on water and nutrient cycling supports in the core of the Flagship key ecosystem processes and services, making RRR a logical component of any ecosystem based approach.

Agro-industrial waste - Energy

Wastewater – Water (irrigation, aquaculture)

MSW, Faecal sludge - Nutrients (ag. production)

Innovative RRR initiatives can help to close the water, nutrient and energy loops.

http://www.waste-enterprisers.com

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Why do we not see more of this and at scale?

AC 1: Business opportunities in nutrient, water and energy recovery and reuse

•Partners: •WSP, BMGF, SDC, DGIS, WBCSD, Business schools,

private enterprises, municipal public sector, many NARS, advanced knowledge institutions, like SANDEC/EAWAG.

•Significant share of partners are uptake partners.

•Approximate timescales for delivery: 5-10 years

AC 1: The Three Services We Deliver

• RRR Technical Solutions• Business modeling• Business model validation

(feasibility studies)

• Partnership & Finance Analysis• Investment Climate Analysis• Policy Formulation

• Business School & Start-Up Support (cewas)•Monitoring, Evaluation &

Accompanying Research

Bankable Solutions

Local Implementation Plans and Policies

Capacity Building (external/internal)

Progress towards outcomes so far:

1. Feasibility studies in 7 countries.

2. Call from World Bank-WSP.

3. Donor support to test the implementation of business models.

4. Call from the Sri Lankan Government.

1. Validating the feasibility of 20 business models in 10 locations in 7 countries (Vietnam, Peru, Uganda,

India, Ghana, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh)

Peru

Vietnam

India

Uganda

Ghana

Sri Lanka

Bangladesh

2. Call from WSP of the World Bank for testing the feasibility of fecal sludge reuse business models in India.

3. Call from World Bank to assist them in providing advisory services to client countries on waste management solutions (Composting Experience in Ghana, India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka).

4. Donor support to test the implementation of business models via PPP in 4 countries (BMGF, SDC, WLE)

Peru

Uganda

Ghana

Sri Lanka

5. Three (3) MoUs with the Sri Lankan Government for: - the revision of the National Sanitation Policy to cover septage management and reuse and; - the improvement of the national compost sector (n=115 plants so far); - the set-up of faecal sludge pelletizing plant.

Close collaboration with FAO, WHO and:

Forthcoming Flagship Outputs for AC1

•Partners: •WHO, FAO, UNEP, UNU-INWEH, UNW-AIS, UNU-FLORES, UNDP, USAID, WSP, national authorities, NARS.•Significant share of partners are uptake partners.

•Approximate timescales for delivery: 8-10 years

AC 2: Safe wastewater and excreta use

AC 2: The Three Services We Deliver

• Global Wastewater Initiative (UNEP)•Wastewater Data Integrated

into FAO’s Aquastat SDG

• Reuse Safety Plan & Guideline Development (WHO, WSP/WB)• Global post-2015 Dialogue

(WHO, UN-Habitat, UNEP)

• Capacity Building with UNU• Safe Water Reuse Piloting in

MENA & India (UNDP; Coca Cola Foundation; EU)

International Public Goods and Databases

Inter/national Guidelines

Capacity Building & Implementation

Progress towards outcomes so far:

1. Participation in different UN Experts Groups.

2. Collaboration with FAO and UNEP.

3. Ongoing support of the WSP of the World Bank in India.

4. Support of WHO in the development of Sanitation Safety Plans.

5. Piloting and implementation of safe reuse options in MENA and India.

1. Participation in different UN Experts Groups to define SDG targets and indicators for the post-

2015 Open Working Group.

Post - 2015

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2. Collaboration with FAO and UNEP to support their global wastewater reuse (e.g. AQUASTAT) and water quality assessments, publications and databases, targeting possible SDG indicators.

3. Ongoing support of the WSP of the World Bank in the development of a Governmental Advisory and Guidance Document on Recycle and Reuse of Treated Wastewater in India.

2006 WHO Guidelines

4. Support of WHO in the development of Sanitation Safety Plans (to operationalize the 2006 WHO Guidelines for safe wastewater use)

5. Piloting and implementation of safe reuse options in MENA and India (via ICARDA and ICRISAT, respectively).

Greywater reuse implementation in Jordan, Lebanon, West Bank

1. Summary of 10 years Wastewater Research in Ghana

Current Flagship Outputs

2. WLE RRR Report Series

AC 3: Resource management in intensified peri-urban ecosystems

•The AC is young with few projects but builds on a rich history of research on UPA and the rural-urban interface.

•Partners: City authorities, RUAF, TEEB, NatCap, UN-Habitat, FAO’s ‘Food for the cities’ Program

•Approximate timescales for delivery: tdb

•Designed for extension proposal

•Next steps:• Identify outputs & outcomes•Collaboration in particular with the Ecosystem

Services and Resilience theme.

•An example of research: Dynamics of ES change under urbanization• Theoretical valuation of change – InVest tool• Local Perception and valorization of changes

concerning ecosystem services (10 cities)

AC 3: Services to be delivered yet to be defined/finalized

Outputs: State-of-the-art Publications by Springer (just out) and Earthscan (forthcoming)

Editors: Basant Maheshwari, Ramesh Purohit, Hector Malano, Vijay P. Singh, Priyanie Amerasinghe

Editors: H. de Zeeuw and P. Drechsel

Linkages within WLE•Strong gender component (Nicoline PPT);

•With ESR theme – ample opportunities to collaborate within AC3 on peri-urban ecosystems, and the ESS of water purification and nutrient cycling;

•RRR – global agenda

2015 Major Outputs 2015 Outcomes 2015Activity Cluster Activities/deliverables to achieve major outputs. Lower-level outcomes that contribute to the Flagship

Outcome1 Business opportunities in nutrient, water and energy recovery and reuse.

Compendium of 58 promising business cases and models for the recovery of Energy, Nutrient and Water.

Series of RRR reports Sanitation Safety Plan (SSP) Manual for

wastewater & fecal sludge reuse (led by WHO)

Four municipalities or donors call on WLE to verify, test or implement safe business models for resource recovery and reuse (RRR).

Verification means Business model catalogue, SSP manual, reports Donor agreements

2 Safe wastewater and excreta use.

State-of-the-art assessments of wastewater use as an economic asset in an urbanizing world and the cost of action vs. inaction.

National assessment of wastewater use in urban vegetable farming, related risks and risk mitigation in Ghana.

Contributions to UN expert groups defining SDG targets and indicators.

UNU and UNEP publications acknowledging WLE.

Sanitation Policy draft revision to include septage management and reuse in Sri Lanka.

Governmental advisory note on wastewater reuse for India.

Verification means Monographs and post-2015 UN meeting protocols Policy documents, Governmental credit, UN publications

3 Resource management in intensified peri-urban ecosystems.

Global assessment for urban and peri-urban agriculture: Irrigated and rainfed croplands.

Textbooks on (a) Cities, Food and Agriculture, and (b) the Urbanization of peri-urban Regions and its implications for Water and Food Security.

Global discussion on the scale and contribution of urban and peri-urban agriculture and wastewater use in developing countries is referencing WLE publications.

Verification means Publications Citations, proceedings

For 2015 and 2016 clear outputs and outcomes planned

Major Outputs 2016 Outcomes 2016

2016 WLE data allow economic assessment of problems and opportunities related to waste and urbanization.

Increased awareness on economic costs and benefits of RRR including safe wastewater use.

Activity Cluster Activities/deliverables to achieve major outputs. Lower-level outcomes that contribute to the Flagship Outcome

1 Business opportunities in nutrient, water and energy recovery and reuse.

The feasibility of RRR business models has been assessed and verified in 10-12 peri-urban areas across Asia, Africa and Latin America.

More than 5 donors and 5 business (start-up) schools acknowledge WLE for promoting RRR business models.

Verification means Feasibility Study Reports and lessons learnt Donor and business school acknowledgements, reports, feedback

2 Safe wastewater and excreta use.

Global review of water pollution from agriculture and support of global wastewater use database

Contributions to the Global Water Quality Initiative and Assessment (led by UNEP)

Normative UN publications and databases by FAO, UNEP and WHO informed by WLE-CGIAR data and experience.

UNDP invests in WLE tested greywater reuse options on up to 1,000 ha in Jordan, West Bank, and Lebanon

Verification means Meeting protocols, publications UN publications acknowledging WLE3 Resource management in intensified peri-urban ecosystems.

Multi-city assessment of the costs and benefits of changes in ecosystem services (ESS) under urbanization.

Academic discussion on peri-urban development and resource (re)use in developing countries is referencing WLE publications.

Verification means Publications Citations, proceedings

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