Written By Bhushan Tuladhar
BORDA Partner - Environment and Public Health Organisation (ENPHO), Nepal

The Park Village Waterfront Resort, which is a three-star 58-room hotel under construction on the banks of Lake Phewa in Pokhara, has agreed to put a Decentralised Wastewater Treatment System (DEWATS) to treat and recycle all its wastewater. A team from ENPHO and UN-HABITAT visited the hotel site in Pokhara on 9^th and 10^th July 2010 and held discussions with the promoters – Mr. Karna Shakya and Mr. Diwakar Rajkarnikar – as well as the architect to assess the feasibility of the system. The preliminary designs for the system, which includes separate treatment systems for black water, grey water and rain water, was presented to the clients at a meeting on 16^th July 2010 and approved. ENPHO will now prepare detail designs with technical support from CDD/BORDA and construct the plant in late 2010. The eco-friendly hotel, which will also have solar lighting system and biogas plant to treat waste, is scheduled to open its door to visitors on the occasion of Nepal Tourism Year 2011.
(Pic: Site for DEWATS at the Waterfront Resort, Pokhara)