- A Overview
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| A.2 | Title of Mitigation Action | This field is required!Title is too long. The limit is 200 characters. |
| A.3 | Description of mitigation action |
In developing countries, small-scale economically feasible technologies that combine wastewater treatment and energy production can simultaneously protect water resources and enhance energy availability. Anaerobic wastewater treatment offers improved energy conversion with potential reduction in GHG emissions. The downside of anaerobic treatment in that the CH4 produced can offset any reductions in CO2 emissions if it is released in the environment. Anaerobic treatment becomes favourable when treating effluents higher in concentrations of BOD and COD. A technology to recover dissolved methane would make anaerobic treatment favourable at nearly all effluent strengths. There is a high national priority to address the problem of poorly or untreated treated wastewater discharge in urban areas given the extent of pollution, especially in Lake Victoria basin. The NAMA will assist in reducing pollution loads from agro-processing factories on surface water systems, especially the Lake Victoria basin. The NAMA seeks to increase efficiency and value addition prospects for wastewater treatment of agro-processing firms by establishing an integrated wastewater treatment process using both an anaerobic and aerobic digester with sequencing batch reactor. From the two processes, GHGs especially methane will be captured in the form of biogas and using a generator converted to electricity, and/or used directly for cooking and lighting where the volumes of biogas generated are small. Also, the process will lead to generation of large volumes of bio-slurry that can be used for producing bio-fertilizers, while the treated wastewater can be re-used in some of the targeted facilities.
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| A.5 | Technology | |
| A.6 | Type of action | |
| A.7 | Greenhouse gases covered by the action | |
- B National Implementing Entity
- C Expected timeframe for the preparation of the mitigation action
- D Currency
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- E Cost
| E.1.1 | Estimated full cost of preparation | |
| E.1.2 | Comments on full cost of preparation |
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- F Support required to prepare the mitigation action
| F.1.1 | Amount of Financial support | |
| F.1.2 | Type of required Financial support | |
| F.1.3 | Comments on Financial support |
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| F.2.1 | Amount of Technical support | |
| F.2.2 | Comments on Technical support |
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| F.3.1 | Amount of capacity building support | |
| F.3.2 | Type of required capacity building support | |
| F.3.3 | Comments on Capacity Building support |
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- G Relevant National Policies strategies, plans and programmes and/or other mitigation action
| G.1 | Relevant National Policies |
Links to National Development Plan: In the context of Vision 2040, which is Uganda’s long-term strategic growth framework, environment and waste management will be emphasized in line with the integrated physical planning models. This will entail strict control of pollution, wetland management, waste management and promotion and protection of green areas, open spaces and corridors. The medium term growth framework, the National Development Plan 2009/10 – 2014/15, considers climate change and waste management, within the context of environment management, as enabling sectors. Links to Climate Change Policy: The NAMA addresses the mitigation goal of the National Climate Change Policy of 2013 to promote sustainable use of solid and liquid wastes for energy generation and other uses, such as fertilisers (after sorting); promote and encourage waste-to-energy programmes to reduce GHG emissions and increasing energy generation and access; and promote proper disposal and sustainable use of wastes.
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- H Attachments
- I Support received
| I.1 | Outside the Registry |
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| I.2 | Within the Registry |
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