INHAND — Integrated Water Management Concept for Craft Villages in Vietnam
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Protection of natural resources as well as sustainable development have come to an increasing significance all over the world. In many countries a social and political revision has taken place towards an environmental sound industrial production. However a substantial part of consumer goods are being produced in developing and transition countries where environmental protection and occupational health issues are not considered adequately.
Notably in the field of waste- and wastewater management there is often a lack of technical solutions as well as know-how, sustainable financing and responsible operators. Therefore, using a craft village in Vietnam as an example, the INHAND project will provide technical solutions as well as training measures and all stakeholders will be involved in the discussions and decision making.
Main approaches are
- Treatment of wastewater
- Energy recovery from the organic waste streams
- Inventory of production processes regarding their environmental impact
- Identification and training of future operators of the treatment
- Enhancement of people’s environmental awareness
Project Objectives
- Detailed inventory of production processes, means of production, wastewater streams
- Design and construction of the aerobic/anaerobic treatment facility
- Design and construction of the digestate treatment facility
- Generation of renewable energy (biogas)
- Concept for a sustainable financing
- Identifying a future operator
- Sustainable improvement of water and life quality
- Improvement of health conditions for the village population
- Raising the public environmental awareness
- Know-how transfer
- Capacity development
