About: ICEM conducted a background study to inform the design of a USD 50 million water pollution control fund sponsored by JICA. A fund was created to address key point sources of water pollution in the Dong Nai river basin and Da Nang city.

There were a number of substantive elements to the study:

• Survey of key sources of water pollution in the survey areas and water quality resulting from this
• Review of legislation relating to water pollution nationally and in the project area
• Actual survey of demand for pollution control funds at polluting establishments, covering over 50 in the project area
• Review of local level funding mechanisms already in place
•  Review of waste water treatment costs and technologies; and,
• Review of other donor activities in pollution control in Vietnam.