SURVEY ON MUNICIPAL WATER AND SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES

IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN

Guidelines to complete this survey:
PART A - Please include all required information. This will help us identify the person that will be
included in the list of potential participants to attend training courses.
PARTS B and C - Are divided by thematic areas: Waste and Water Management. Depending on your field
of work you can complete one or both parts.
Send it to: info@ems-sema.org (available on-line at: www.ems-sema.org/encs/ech/enc_ing.htm)

Part A.

Respondent Information

Name:

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Institution:

_________________________________________________________________

Title:

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Address:

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Telephone:

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Email:

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Part B.

Questionnaire Regarding Municipal Potable Water and Wastewater

Management in Latin America and the Caribbean

1) What do you consider is the most pressing problem regarding municipal water and
wastewater management?
________________________________________________________________________
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2) Does municipal wastewater receive any form of treatment before it is discharged?
Yes __ No __
3) Is there a need for capacity-building of municipal technicians and decision makers in
water management issues?
Yes __ No __
4)
a) What areas do you consider most in need of training?
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5) What information resources are available to your municipality to assist in taking
decisions regarding wastewater management?
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
6) Do you know of any successful municipal water management project whose experience
deserves to be shared with other municipalities?
Name of initiative, location and contact info (Email, telephone)
________________________________________________________________________
Brief Description of the Project:

Part C.

Questionnaire regarding Municipal Solid Waste Management

in Latin America and the Caribbean

1) Has your country adopted an official policy to reduce the generation of solid waste and
improve its management?
Yes __ No __
2) Is there a coordinating body or agency responsible to oversee and support the implementation
of official policies toward improving Municipal Solid Waste Management (MSWM)?
Yes __ No __
a) Name of coordinating body and contact info:
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3) Is there a need for capacity-building of human resources in entities (agencies or departments)
responsible to oversee MSWM?
Yes __ No __
a) What areas do you consider are most lacking?
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4) Is hazardous waste disposed of separately from other municipal wastes?
Yes __ No __
5) Identify whether your municipality has any of the following services or infrastructure:
Municipal composting plant
__
Municipal recycling plant or depot __
Hazardous waste storage depot
__
Curbside recycling programme
__
6) What information resources are available to your institution to assist in taking decisions
regarding solid waste management?
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
7) Does your municipality have programmes to educate and raise public awareness about
reducing, reusing and recycling waste?
Yes __ No __
a) Which strategies have been most effective in creating environmental awareness and
responsibility?
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8) Can you identify a successful project in municipal solid waste management whose experience
deserves to be shared with other municipalities? For example: successful municipal
composting plant, or recycling cooperative
Name of project, location, and contact info (email, telephone)
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Brief Description of the Project: