Journal of Emerging Trends in Engineering and Applied Sciences: Research Areas

Article Title: Sustainable Implementation of Water and Wastewater Infrastructures in Developing Countries: A Review
by Sheriff, B., Odeyemi, S.O (PhD), Kachalla, B

Abstract:
The paper reviewed sustainable implementation of water and wastewater infrastructures in developing countries. According to sources, sustainable implementation of water and wastewater infrastructure can only be achieved when there is good governance and political interest on the water infrastructural development. Despite the effort of various governments and international organisations to meet the demand gap of adequate freshwater resources, the implementation failed in most of developing countries due to rapid population growth, urbanisation, climate change, poor sustainable skills and strategies for proper implementation of sustainable water and wastewater infrastructure and environmental management. Furthermore, the condition might be worse around sub-Saharan region, because of their fast population growth. In the region, the proportion of people who enjoyed piped water on their buildings, which is the preferred option for urban areas, really reduced from 42% to 34% (WHO and UNICEF, 2014a). This is obviously shows that access to �safe� drinking water sources continues to be a main problem in cities of developing world. Similarly, the trends are the same in good sanitary services. Urban inhabitants without access to better hygiene increased by 40%, from 541 to 754 million, between 1990 and 2012 (WHO and UNICEF, 2014a).

Keywords: Pollution, Sustainability, Urbanization, Water Infrastructures and Wastewater

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