The Best Practice Guide serves as a guideline for integrated wastewater concepts and as a decision support tool for the implementation of infrastructure and to support the financial modeling of wastewater solutions in industrial zones in tropical areas. It comprises the results of the AKIZ project, which analyzed comprehensively the relevant issues to improve the overall wastewater situation in industrial zones.
The research includes technology based solutions for (i) the detoxification of toxic wastewater, (ii) the generation of renewable energy from wastewater, biogas production, (iii) the recovery of valuable materials from wastewater, (iv) an integrated real time, on line monitoring concept with a stationary laboratory and three mobile labs equipped with a novel device for toxicity screening and (v) sewage sludge management.
All results are described and explained in the Best Practice Guide which is now available in three languages: Vietnamese, German and English (https://www.dropbox.com/sh/mo9m99du8b6sk9d/AADEbR8an21V_lG31mx6Wf4ga?dl=0).
A second improved edition shall be elaborated and published in mid-2016, incorporating the response and remarks from AKIZ-stakeholders and experts in Vietnam, Germany and worldwide.
A delegation of six participants from the BMBF had joined the final AKIZ Workshop in Hanoi to receive the Best Practice Guide together with Dr. Le Thanh Binh from MOST. Further relevant institutions (besides MONRE, EPA Mr Son and MOC Mr Quang) attending the ceremony were the German International Cooperation (GIZ) and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO).
BMBF and MOST praised the AKIZ as an exceptional example for being a successful and effective water related research project, providing a very specific practical relevance. The applicable outcomes from AKIZ should be leading to improvements in implementation of relevant measures to ensure future sustainability in wastewater treatment in industrial zones in Vietnam and other tropical areas in emerging countries. The AKIZ project will be present in Vietnam until June 2016, continuing cooperation with UNIDO and the Environmental Protection Department for Central Vietnam and Highlands to implement gained results and support relevant activities in the field of integrated wastewater concepts for industrial zones.
