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Thailand intends to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 20–25% in the year 2030. The wastewater sector can make a significant contribution to climate change mitigation: better wastewater management can lead to reduction of GHG emissions produced from its treatment process, i.e., carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrogen oxide in addition to applying energy efficiency and/or energy saving equipment to the treatment system. On behalf of the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety (BMUB), the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) and the International Water Association (IWA) are working together on the project “Water and Wastewater Companies for Climate Mitigation (WaCCliM)” as part of the International Climate Initiative (IKI). In Thailand, the WaCCliM project is implemented in partnership with the Wastewater Management Authority (WMA). The Chiang Mai wastewater treatment plant has been selected as the first pilot plant to assess the GHG reduction potential based on the GHG accounting tool that allows carbon accounting in the urban water cycle. Additional wastewater utilities are expected to join and to move towards low carbon utilities in 2016. This can be a stepping-stone for other water and wastewater utilities to adopt climate change mitigation measures in order to reduce their emissions and to contribute to nation’s GHG reduction goal as a whole.
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WaCCliM project in Thailand has received well support from WMA and Chiang Mai municipality for providing an insight information and operational data during both baseline and options studies. The founding of current domestic wastewater management in Thailand, such as case study in Chiang Mai provide valuable information for project to support Chiang Mai wastewater treatment plant and achieve project objectives. Lastly, project will not succeed without contributions and efforts from group of experts from IWA who provide valuable knowledge and efforts for conducting study and research for WaCCliM project.
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Unwerawattana, K., Reinhardt, T., Michels, A., Wongburana, C. (2021). Domestic Wastewater for Climate Mitigation. In: Babel, M., Haarstrick, A., Ribbe, L., Shinde, V.R., Dichtl, N. (eds) Water Security in Asia. Springer Water. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-54612-4_46
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