This report in one in a series of project reports written by the Wastewater Agriculture and
Sanitation for Poverty Alleviation in Asia (WASPA Asia) project. The WASPA Asia project aims to
develop and test solutions for sanitation and wastewater management, to reduce the risks form
wastewater use in agriculture. The approach involves the development of stakeholder coalitions
at town and national level, called Learning Alliances, which will bring together the main
stakeholders into a participatory process through which actions will be planned and implemented
in a sustainable manner.
These project reports are essentially internal documents intended to inform the future activities of
the project, particularly in relation to the development of Learning Alliances and participatory
action plans. The reports have been made publicly available as some of the information and
findings presented in them may be of use to other researchers, practitioners or government
officials.

The WASPA Asia project is funded primarily under the EU Asia Pro Eco II Programme of the
European Commission. It is being undertaken by the International Water Management Institute
(IWMI), Sri Lanka; COSI, Sri Lanka; the International Water and Sanitation Centre (IRC), the
Netherlands; NGO Forum for Drinking Water Supply and Sanitation, Bangladesh; and the
Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI), Sweden. The project pilot cities are Rajshahi City in
Bangladesh and Kurunegala City in Sri Lanka.