1. UNDP-GEF Project on Lake Tanganyika Best Practices and Challenges
PARTNERSHIP INTERVENTIONS FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION
OF THE STRATEGIC ACTION PROGRAMME FOR LAKE TANGANYIKA
UNDP-GEF Project on Lake Tanganyika
Best Practices and Challenges
Case of Burundi Component : Wastewater Management in Bujumbura city
By Celeus Ngowenubusa
National Project Manager
Regional Workshop for GEF IW Projects in Africa Grahams town, April 2-4, 2012,South Africa ..

2. Lake Tanganyika Project - Best Practices and Challenges
1. Basic information of Lake Tanganyika
Item
Altitude
773 m
Area
km2
Volume
km3
Maximum Depth
1.470 m
Mean Depth
570 m
Length (mean)
670 km
Littoral length
1.900 km
Population in the basin
10 million PH
8.6 – 9.2

3. Lake Tanganyika Project - Best Practices and Challenges
2 .OVERVIEW OF THE PROBLEM: Lake Tanganyika Pollution

4. Lake Tanganyika Project - Best Practices and Challenges
3.Key activities: Intended outputs
Output 1 : Tertiary waste water collection network constructed and commissioned
Output 2 : The water treatment lagoon station improved in terms of quantity of water received and pretreatment facilities commissioned
Output 3: Discharge monitoring laboratory established, approved and issued
Output 4: Awareness of urban communities about the biodiversity and public health impacts pollution raised and monitoring inputs developed
Output 5 : Project implementation study updated and project effectively managed , monitored and evaluated
Inlet Channel 1

5. Lake Tanganyika Project - Best Practices and Challenges
4.1. Management of wastewater as well as solid waste along the lake: lack of financial means

6. Lake Tanganyika Project - Best Practices and Challenges
4.2. Capacity building is not sufficiently in terms of expertise(case of sampling, analyzing, interpretation of results, etc…
Sample collection

7. Lake Tanganyika Project - Best Practices and Challenges
Involvement of civil society, private sector as well as Government to co finance and sensitization: e.g.-Latest Word Water Day (22 March 2012)

8. Implementation of existing SAP?
Lake Tanganyika Project - Best Practices and Challenges
Is protection of Lake Tanganyika and its basin a priority for all decision makers involved?
What about Sharing vision of management of Lake Tanganyika and its basin?
What about mobilisation of funds to handle issues related to fishering, sedimentation, land use and urban areas in the basin, pollution, planning considering growth populations, research(TDA),...etc.
Implementation of existing SAP?
6.Conclusion :remember that water= life

9. Lake Tanganyika= Food security= life. Thank you !!!!
Lake Tanganyika Project - Best Practices and Challenges
Lake Tanganyika= Food security= life. Thank you !!!!