Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency Sida

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Funded by
Swedish International Development Cooperation
Agency (Sida)
Co-ordinated by
Asian Institute of Technology Bangkok, Thailand
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ARRPET FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

• ARRPET was initiated to conduct research on
  environmental issues relevant to Asia.
• ARRPET Phase II carry out researches in the
  fields of
• wastewater,
• solid waste,
• air pollution, and
• hazardous wastes
• for sustainable development of resources as well
  as for environmental preservation of the region.

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ARRPET PHASE I

• Duration 3.5 years, 2001-2004
• Coordinating Institution Asian Institute of
  Technology Thailand

• Objectives
• Research relevant to Asian region
• Establishment of research networks amongst the
  National Research Institutes (NRIs) from Asian
  region and AIT
• Capacity mobilization and enhancement at NRI
  level
• Dissemination of research results

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ARRPET PHASE II

• Duration 4 years, 2004-2007
• Coordinating Institution Asian Institute of
  Technology, Thailand

• Objectives
• Research on environmental issues relevant to
  Asia
• Verification of ARRPET I results at pilot scale
• Capacity mobilisation and strengthening of
  competence in NRIs
• Research through networking
• Dissemination of research results

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THE ARRPET NETWORK
The National Research Institutions (NRIs) were
selected based on their research capability and
expertise in their respective fields.
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RESEARCH AREAS

• Industrial and Hazardous Waste Treatment and
  Management
• Principal Investigator Prof. Ajit P.
  Annachhatre
• Swedish Resource Person Prof. Bo Mattiasson,
  Lund University
• Sustainable Solid Waste Landfill Management in
  Asia
• Principal Investigator Prof. C. Visvanathan
• Swedish Resource Person Prof. William Hogland,
  University of Kalmar
• Improving Air Quality in Asian Developing
  Countries
• Principal Investigators Dr. N. T. Kim Oanh and
  Prof. Chongrak Polprasert
• Swedish Resource Person Prof. Eva
  Selin-Lindgren, University of Borås
• Wastewater Treatment and Management
• Principal Investigators Dr. Saumyen Guha
• Swedish Resource Person Prof. Erik Särner, Lund
  University

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ROLE OF SWEDISH RESOURCE PERSONS

• Swedish professional.
• To give input to the research project from time
  to time.
• To participate in Annual Review Workshops for
  critical evaluation of progress made during the
  year

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HWTM NETWORK

• Tanning Industry
• Electro Plating Industry

• Acid Mine Drainage
• Textile Industry

UKM CPP
Microbial Analysis
DLSU ARI
AIT

• Chlorinated Organics

• Textile Industry

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Sustainable Solid Landfill Waste Management In
Asia Network

• China
• low cost landfill leachate treatment UASB/ SBR/
• Wetland (Major)
• landfill microbiological Studied (Minor)
• Methane Oxidation study on top cover (Minor)

• AIT
• MBPT Anaerobic Dry fermentation (major)
• Semi-scale landfill lysimeter studies (Major)
• Landfill rehabilitation and toxicity study
  (minor)

• Sri Lanka
• MBPT Aerobic Pre-Treatment (Major)
• MBPT Anaerobic Pre-treatment (Major)
• Semi scale landfill lsyimster studies (Major)
• Leachate Constructed Wet land (Minor)
• Landfill rehabilitation and landfill Mining
  (Minor)

• Thailand
• Methane oxidation and landfill gas emission
• study ( Major)
• Landfill Lysimeter study (Major)
• Low cost Landfill Leachate Wetland (Minor)

• India
• Dumpsite Rehabilitation and Mining (Major)
• Semi scale Landfill lysimeters (Major)
• landfill microbiological Studied (Minor)

Recommendation for policy and legislation based
on data compilation, technical research and
policy dissemination. Recommendation for the
design, operation and maintenance of future solid
waste landfill and upgrading of existing dump
sites
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AIRPET NETWORK
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WWTM NETWORK
Waste management in aquaculture shrimp farming
Domestic wastewater treatment
Agro-based industry wastewater
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Major Achievements of ARRPET

• Lab-scale investigations completed in Phase I
  pilot scale studies being tested
• Publication of research results in international
  refereed journals, international conferences,
• Enhanced Networking among NRIs under ARRPET
• Networking with national research partners, and
  industries
• Dissemination of findings and outcomes through
  national workshops/conferences targeting the
  policy makers as well as other related groups

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Major Achievements of ARRPET
Examples of Pilot Scale Experiments
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OUTPUT

• Apart from the outputs listed above, NRIs have
  given interviews and published many popular
  articles in papers and other public media based
  on the research findings

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FURTHER DETAILS
Web site http//www.arrpet.ait.ac.th
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CONTACT DETAILS
Prof. Ajit P. Annachhatre Coordinator, ARRPET
II Environmental Engineering and
Management School of Environment, Resources and
Development Asian Institute of Technology PO Box
4, Klong Luang Pathumthani 12120 THAILAND Tel/Fa
x 66 02 524 5644 E-mail arrpet_at_ait.ac.th,
ajit_at_ait.ac.th