Guidelines on Municipal Wastewater Management : a practical guide for decision-makers and professionals on how to plan, design, and finance appropriate and environmentally sound municipal wastewater discharge systems, version 3.

Main issues in wastewater management are insufficient stakeholder awareness and involvement and the high mitigation costs. Urban wastewater management is a tool to improve and maintain environmental integrity and economic functions of coastal ecosystems. The best locally applicable situation is achieved through integrated, realistic, and thus tailor-made, step-by-step approaches.