Waste Management in Lake Tana Basin—Case of Rapidly Urbanizing Bahir Dar City

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Abstract

Urbanization is a global phenomenon with more pronounced consequences on waste management in developing countries where the rate of infrastructure development is mostly outpaced by the rate of waste generation. Bahir Dar, a rapidly urbanizing city at the southern tip of Lake Tana, is not an exception. This paper reviewed the current waste management system in Lake Tana basin taking Bahir Dar city as case. Bahir Dar city produces more wastes and will continue to produce more with the ever-increasing population of the city. The waste management practice is challenged by low prioritization of waste management and limited revenues for financing waste management. The review result also indicates that the municipality’s mechanism of coordination of the public and private sectors has played a vital role in waste management. Effective involvement of both private and public sectors has made possible to improve waste management and provide door-to-door collection. However, the daily monitoring of waste management has not been sufficient. Therefore, an integrated solid and liquid waste management practice should be implemented for the City-Lake Tana basin and also for the surrounding environment. This has to include development plans for improving sustainable sanitation and disposal of the sewage system, and adopt the best practices of waste management for the City-Lake basin ecosystem.

Keywords

Municipal wastes Urbanization Solid waste Liquid waste Waste prioritization 
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Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.School of Chemical and Food Engineering, Biotechnology InstituteBahir Dar Institute of Technology, Bahir Dar UniversityBahir DarEthiopia
  2. 2.Blue Nile Water Institute and College of Agriculture and Environmental SciencesBahir Dar UniversityBahir DarEthiopia

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