Biosand Filter Construction in Bali

A policy dialog jointly organized by the Balifokus Foundation and the SEA-UEMA Project revealed that Bali still suffers from contagious diseases related to environmental health. The one day policy dialog held on March 2, 2009, in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia discussed options for household water treatment for urban poor communities in Indonesia. It highlighted good practices for community-based wastewater treatment in urban areas that resulted from two demonstration initiatives in Indonesia supported by the SEA-UEMA Project.

The first project, implemented by Balifokus in Denpasar, used Bio-Sand
filters (BSF) as a household water treatment for urban poor settlers in the
capital. This allows individual households to treat their own water and ensure the safety of their water supply. The second initiative is a community-based water supply system in Bandung, West Java that uses ground water. Lessons learned from these projects can help control and lessen the number of contagious diseases in Bali caused by poor water and sanitation facilities.

Household Biosand Filter

During the policy dialog, Zainal Nampira, Sub-director of the Health Ministry’s environmental health division, indicated that water resources and treatment are important issues in Bali. He also mentioned that the public often use low-quality water, which is the source of diseases.

Health Ministry data shows that in 2007, diarrhea caused 31 percent of deaths among babies aged 2 to 13 months. Another 55 percent of infant and toddler deaths were caused by diseases related to poor sanitation, water and the environment. “Bali still has a high diarrhea prevalence of 13 percent on average, compared to the national average of 9 percent. That’s even higher than in Maluku,” Zainal said.

The policy dialog aimed to assess good practices and experiences gained from the implementation of the household water treatment systems and how existing policies can support further dissemination of the demonstration projects.

Jakarta Residents Enjoy Cycling on CFD

SEA-UEMA Project has supported the Urban Regional Development Institute (URDI) of Jakarta, Indonesia to implement a pilot project to monitor and assess environmental impacts of a Car-Free Day (CFD) on ambient air quality in a particular corridor in Jakarta. CFD was first introduced in the US in the 1970s and has been used to promote and encourage alternative modes of transport on busy roads and streets limited to vehicle use. A car free day would help measure the reduction in air pollutants and noise reduction and help promote alternative non-motorized transport systems.

Three air quality parameters (particulates, carbon monoxide and nitrous oxide) from three ambient air monitoring stations on the Sudhirman-Thamrin Corridor in Jakarta’s central business district were measured. One of the CFDs implemented on August 31, 2008 from 6:00 to 14:00hrs indicated a substantial reduction in air emissions by comparing parameters measured on weekdays and holidays. The reductions of air emissions for the above three parameters have been observed to be more than 60% in most cases, without considering the change in meteorological pattern. Data from 10 CFDs have been used to study the effectiveness of each event.

Car Free Day in Jakarta's Sudhirman-Thamrin Corridor

It has been observed that during the CFD implemented by URDI, car free roads were well utilized by the public for nonmotorized transport such as bicycles while some people used the roads for leisure, social and sports activities. Thus the event not only promoted activities for the community in and around the corridor but also helped in socialization for those who live in high-rises and compact settlements.

The air quality measurements also indicated that more frequent CFDs would pave way towards improving air quality in the city while creating awareness among the people about the need for improving ambient air quality for better environmental health. Though conclusive results have yet to be derived through modeling, the initial inferences indicated improved ambient air quality. These positive results are expected to pave the formulation of effective policies promoting alternative means of transport to improve the air quality standards in Jakarta.

Scavengers Help Keep the Community Clean

Mrs. Alfin is one of the key persons in this project and is active in promoting the initiative to other households in her community. She and other community members in RW 08 in southern Jakarta decided to join the project when representatives from URDI visited her community in February 2008. Mrs. Alfin immediately decided to join the project since her passion is to live in a good and clean environment.

According to Mrs. Alfin, the project helped community members to maintain cleanliness in their environment. In the past, households would just dump their wastes anywhere. When she asked others to separate wastes, they would refuse but after they realized the benefits of waste segregation and composting, they wanted to join as well.

In order to motivate more households to participate, Mrs. Alfin points out that having cleaner surroundings and managing their environment better will be beneficial to the community in ensuring they will not be evicted, considering the tenure security issues that exist. By keeping the environment clean and well managed, they hope that government agencies will notice this and see that they can take care of the land. Mrs. Alfin said that they can have a better bargaining position with the Industrial Agency with their good reputation in maintaining a clean environment.

No.

Conference/Location

Date

1

Sharing of Experiences on Air Pollution Abatement in Southeast Asia, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.

Published: Conference Proceedings

12 Dec. 2006

No.

Policy dialog/Location

Date

1

Policy Dialog on Planning and Management of Small Community Water Supply of Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Co-organizer: Graduate School in Urban and Regional Planning University of Gadjah Mada, Indonesia.

Published: Policy Dialog Proceedings

20 May 2006

No.

Training and Meeting/Location

Date

1

National Gender Training, Bandung, Indonesia.

29-31 Jan. 2008

2

Sub-regional Dissemination Meeting on Gender Equality in UEM in SEA, Surabaya, Indonesia. Coorganizer: Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Airlangga University, Surabaya, Indonesia

06 Dec. 2005

No.

Projects/Location/Proponent

Date

1

Building Community, Scavengers (Pemulung), and Local Government Partnership for Solid Waste Management in Jakarta, Indonesia. Implementer: URDI, Jakarta, Indonesia.

Oct. 2007–Sept. 2008

2

Car Free Day as a Pilot Project to Assess Impacts on Air Quality and Traffic to Improve Pedestrian Infrastructure, Jakarta Indonesia. Implementer: Mr. Harya Setyaka,  URDI, Jakarta, Indonesia.

No.

Projects/Location

Date

1

Exploring Community and Scavenger Partnership in Solid Waste Management (SWM) in Kelurahan Rawajati, Jakarta (Local Government Support for Informal Networks on SWM System in Jakarta). Implementer: Urban and Regional Development Institute (URDI), Jakarta, Indonesia.

Published: Monograph

Nov. 2004- Jan. 2006

2

The Impacts of Public-Transport Driving Modes on the Quality of Urban Air in Bandung, Indonesia. Implementer: Department of Environmental Engineering, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia.

Aug. 2006 – Aug. 2007

3

Building Community, Scavengers (Pemulung), and Local Government Partnership for Solid Waste Management in Jakarta, Indonesia. Implementer: URDI, Jakarta, Indonesia.

Oct. 2007 – Sept. 2008

No.

Projects/Location/Proponent

Date

1

Clean Water Supply Management in a Low Income Settlements, Cokrodiningratan Village Yogya- karta Municipality, Western Part of Code river Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Implementer: Ms. Henrika Retno Tyas Arum

Published: Technical Manual and Case Study

Dec.  2004 to Mar.  2006

2

Decreasing River Pollution Along the Edge of Code River of Yogyakarta by Implementing Tripikon-S Model and Communal Wastewater Treatment as Domestic Waste Processing System, Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Implementer: Mr. Achmad Nurmandi

Published: Technical Manual

Completed in July 2007

3

Sustainable Community Based Sanitation Improvement and Small Scale Clean Water System Initiative in Citarum Riverside Settlement, Cilebak, Bandung, West Java, Indonesia. Implementer: Mr. D. Sunardhi Yogantara

May 2007 to Feb. 2008

 4

Provision of Community Based Bio-sand Filter as Household Water Treatment to Provide Access to Water Supply in Poor Urban Settlement in Bali and Eastern Indonesia, Bali, Indonesia. Implementer: Ms. Yuyun Ismawati

 On going

Trainings/Meeting/Workshop/Location

Date

1

Training for Facilitator on 3Rs in Solid Waste Management Activities, Surabaya, Indonesia. Coorganizers: AIT Center in Indonesia and Work Development Unit Directorate of Environmental Sanitation Development East Java Province Indonesia.

19-22 Nov. 2008

2

Fourth Annual UEM Networks Meeting, Bandung, Indonesia. Coorganizers: AIT Center in Indonesia, Waste Java Environmental Protection Agency and Urban and Regional Development Institute, Jakarta, Indonesia.

6 – 8 Aug. 2007

3

Workshop on UEM Policies and Good Practices in Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia. Coorganizer: Urban and Regional Development Institute, Jakarta, Indonesia.

21 Sept. 2006

4

Training of Trainer on CAI-ASIA DL course: Urban Air Quality Management, Bandung, Indonesia. Organizer: Department of Environmental Engineering, Institute of Technology, Bandung, Indonesia.

19-23 Sept. 2005