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B THINKING TO THE LONG TERM


Innovative financing of appropriate wastewater infrastructure should incorporate design, con- struction, operation, maintenance, upgrading and/or decommissioning. Financing should take account of the fact that there are important livelihood opportunities in improving wastewater treatment processes.


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Investment, including ODA, in wastewater infrastructure must reflect the full lifecycle of the facility, not just capital project costs. This should not just be about new financing, but also making current investments more effective and sustainable. Full life-cycle financing may involve linking the cost of waste- water treatment with water supply – while many contend that access to safe water is a human right, the act of polluting water is not, and water users should bear the cost of returning water at a quality as close as possible to its natural state.


The valuation of non-market dividends, e.g. public amenity, eco- system services such as carbon sequestration, nutrient and waste assimilation, must be further developed to enable more compre- hensive cost benefit analysis of the potential returns from waste- water management and for the development of effective market based incentives, such as pollution cap and trade schemes.


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In light of rapid global change, communities should plan wastewater management against fu- ture scenarios, not current situations.


Wastewater management and urban planning lag far be- hind advancing population growth, urbanization and climate change. With forward thinking, and innovative planning, ef- fective wastewater management can contribute to the chal- lenges of water scarcity while building ecosystem resilience, thus enabling ecosystem-based adaptation and increased op- portunities for solutions to the challenges of current global- change scenarios.


Population growth and climate change are not uniform in time or space, and so regionally specific planning is essential. Wastewater management must be integrated as part of the so- lution in existing agreements and actions.


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