Manila, June 25 -- Southeast Asia, sometimes referred to as the open growth center of the world, continues to experience rapid economic development. However, population increases and city expansions inevitably lead to problems like "growing pains." One such issue is that the sewage infrastructures for treating domestic wastewater and human waste cannot keep up with demand.

Indonesia, whose economy continues to grow at an annual rate of 5 percent, is Southeast Asia's leading economic powerhouse, but its sewage coverage rate, even in the Special Capital Region of Jakarta, is only around 12 percent. Jakarta is the only major city in a member country of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) where full-scale sewage development ha...