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1 year 3 deliverables
Complete the strategy and core digital releases in 2027.
THE THREE-YEAR DELIVERY VIEW
Every deliverable. Every deadline.
14 deliverables · 28 distinct milestones · January 2027–December 2029
Phase target Completion target
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DELIVERABLE Select to explore ↓
2027Deploy2028Connect2029Sustain
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Delivery duration review3 deliverables over 1 year · 8 deliverables over 2 years · 3 deliverables over 3 years
Proposed delivery periods reflect the work required to accept each output. Later milestones are retained only for a distinct expansion, validation or handover phase. Exact scope, operators and delivery capacity are confirmed during mobilisation.
2 years 8 deliverables
Deploy in 2027; finish integration, coverage or capability in 2028.
- #2 National data hubCompletion target · 30 Jun 2028 ↗
- #3 Pollution source & risk atlasCompletion target · 30 Jun 2028 ↗
- #4 Satellite & AI surveillanceCompletion target · 30 Jun 2028 ↗
- #5 Community testing networkCompletion target · 30 Sept 2028 ↗
- #6 Mainstream–tributary monitoringCompletion target · 30 Jun 2028 ↗
- #7 Lao water laboratoriesCompletion target · 30 Jun 2028 ↗
- #8 Mobile laboratory field fleetCompletion target · 30 Sept 2028 ↗
- #12 Wastewater compliance & responseCompletion target · 30 Sept 2028 ↗
3 years 3 deliverables
Deploy early; complete additional validation and development by 2029.
Open a deliverable to see the reasoning for its duration and who sustains it after acceptance. Completion is a future target, subject to evidence and acceptance.
WHAT WE PUT IN PLACE
Explore how each stage will deliver.
WORKSTREAMFIRST DELIVERY TARGET0 of 7 stages expanded
DirectOne strategy for collective delivery
01 / KNOW WHAT MATTERS MOST
One strategy for collective delivery
Identify priority contaminants, vulnerable communities, strategic water sources and capability gaps. Stocktake all development partners’ bilateral water-quality support and harmonize projects, agencies and investments under one National Water Quality Innovation Strategy to reduce fragmentation and redundant support.
Stocktake all development partners’ existing and planned bilateral water-quality support so that agencies, projects and investments align under one National Water Quality Innovation Strategy. Harmonize support, fill gaps and reduce fragmented projects and redundant development investment.
INITIAL STAGE CAPABILITY ·
Strategy accepted with the partner-support stocktake, shared priorities, responsibilities and deployment plan.
Deliverables & deadlines
2027 → 202901
DELIVERABLE #1
National Water Quality Innovation Strategy
National priorities, a development partner support stocktake, shared delivery responsibilities and a results-based deployment roadmap. Align bilateral support under the same framework to fill gaps, reduce redundancy and achieve measurable outcomes.
1 year of deliveryCompletion target
Why this duration The strategy is a bounded deliverable: a support stocktake, agreed priorities, responsibilities and an endorsed deployment framework. It can be accepted within the first year.
2027Completion
Approve the National Water Quality Innovation Strategy with the bilateral-support stocktake, agreed priorities, partner contributions, agency responsibilities and a shared results-based deployment plan.
COMPLETION TARGET
AFTER ACCEPTANCE / CONTINUING RESPONSIBILITY
The Lao-led programme team maintains the partner register, harmonizes new support and reviews results quarterly through 2029 and beyond.
How we deliver
- Complete a first partner-support stocktake in January 2027, covering projects, implementing agencies, catchments, assets, data, schedules and commitments.
- Agree a shared deployment plan, map partner contributions to all 14 deliverables and resolve overlapping support through joint decisions.
- Coordinate mainstream–tributary monitoring, use common data standards and review shared results quarterly while deployment proceeds.
INTEGRATED AND SUSTAINED BY 31 DECEMBER 2029
A Lao-led coordination mechanism, a maintained partner-support register and one shared deployment framework linking all partner contributions to tangible results.
- Evidence of the result
- Partner-validated support records, assigned delivery roles, documented actions on overlaps and gaps, and jointly reviewed results.
- Accountable roles to confirm
- Lao programme lead, responsible agencies, development partner focal points and provincial delivery teams
THE STRATEGY THAT CONNECTS ALL SEVEN STAGES
One framework. Collective delivery.
Explore the starting gaps, coordinated support, year-by-year delivery method and shared results review.
Where we are now → where we want to beThe strategy infographic, seven gaps and the 2029 destination
Fragmented support. Disconnected services.
- Fragmented development investment
- Uncoordinated water quality projects
- Disconnected mainstream and tributary monitoring
- Lack of a centralized database
- Limited real-time monitoring tools and platforms
- Limited public access to water quality status
- Limited pollution source understanding and awareness
Integrated Water Quality Intelligence System
- Development partners, bilateral support, investments and agencies come together under the National Water Quality Innovation Strategy.
- Shared priorities, coordinated projects and common data reduce fragmented investment and redundant support.
- Mainstream and tributary evidence, public information, response and protection connect as sustained services deployed from 2027.
Harmonize partner supportStocktake, shared priorities, joint delivery and sustained services
Integrated means development partners, bilateral support, investments and agencies come together under the National Water Quality Innovation Strategy to reduce fragmented projects and redundant support.
The strategy is accepted once in 2027. These steps cover its preparation and continuing programme coordination through 2029.
Stocktake all partner support
Compile existing and planned bilateral water-quality support from all identified development partners. Record projects, agencies, locations, assets, data, schedules and commitments; track missing information explicitly.
Tangible outputA first consolidated partner-support register showing overlapping activity, complementary capacity and unmet needs.
Agree one deployment plan
Map every contribution to the 14 deliverables and priority catchments. Agree lead and supporting roles, identify where projects can be combined or refocused, and check new proposals against existing support.
Tangible outputA shared responsibility and contribution matrix, with dated actions to close gaps and reduce redundant support.
Connect systems and standards
Use common locations, parameters, sampling methods, data identifiers and access arrangements. Coordinate mainstream and tributary monitoring and connect partner datasets through the national data hub.
Tangible outputA common monitoring and data protocol that enables agencies and partner projects to work as one intelligence service.
Review shared results
Run short quarterly delivery reviews from 2027 with agencies and partner focal points. Review working services, resolve overlaps, redirect agreed support to remaining gaps and publish understandable water-quality and programme updates.
Tangible outputA shared results register, coordinated corrective actions and approved public reporting across the integrated programme.
Sustain collective delivery
Align partner financing commitments and agency operations around staff, consumables, maintenance, training and service continuity. Maintain the joint programme after individual projects end.
Tangible outputAn Integrated Water Quality Intelligence System sustained by accountable agencies, coordinated partners and maintained services.
The partner-support stocktake records
- Development partner and implementing agency
- Project status, dates and committed support
- Catchments, communities and water sources covered
- Parameters, methods and monitoring locations
- Laboratories, mobile fleets and treatment assets
- Datasets, platforms and access arrangements
- Lead agency, delivery partner and maintenance owner
- Overlaps, unmet needs and complementary contributions
The three-year deployment narrative2027 Deploy → 2028 Connect → 2029 Sustain
2027 — Deploy
Put the map to work, activate field teams and deliver the first evidence-to-action services.
First 90 days: put the map to work
- Complete the first bilateral-support stocktake and focused gap assessment; confirm partner focal points, delivery owners, initial sites and essential permissions in January.
- Accept the National Water Quality Innovation Strategy by 31 March, aligning partner contributions under one deployment plan while the map, hub and source register are configured.
- Release the operational map by 31 March; mobilise field and laboratory teams in parallel.
Activate detection and verification
- Start routine sampling, community reporting and laboratory services by 30 June.
- Deploy mobile field capability and targeted upgrades with trained operators.
- Launch the first response dashboard and connect reviewed results to responsible teams.
Deliver the first complete service
- Accept the dashboard and early-warning platform and the app by 30 September; run the forecasting prototype in shadow mode and deploy initial compliance cases.
- Commission the first treatment demonstration by 31 December where need and operator readiness are verified.
- Demonstrate a complete detection → verification → response case and record its accepted delivery evidence.
Tangible resultBy 31 December 2027: a working map, active monitoring, laboratory evidence, first response services, a forecasting prototype and the first treatment demonstration.
Acceptance evidenceRelease records, sampling and laboratory logs, a completed response exercise and treatment commissioning evidence.Complete #1, #10 and #11 in 2027. Deploy initial phases of #2–9 and #12–14; their remaining milestones deliver new capability or validation.
2028 — Connect & expand
Connect partner projects, agencies and technical services under the shared framework; expand services with demonstrated results.
Integrate the complete workflow
- Connect agency and partner records for the map, monitoring, laboratory results, forecasts and response cases using common standards.
- Complete independent forecast validation for defined uses before operational reliance.
- Extend to the next agreed sites and repeat the full response workflow.
Make expansion tangible
- Commission the technology centre for treatment research, membrane testing, training and feasible assembly.
- Expand treatment services with demonstrated outcomes and an operating model.
- Accept the completed deployment scope for the hub, map, screening service, community and river networks, laboratories, mobile fleet and compliance service.
- Review the joint support portfolio, reduce overlapping activity and agree contributions to remaining service gaps.
Tangible resultBy 31 December 2028: the full intelligence-to-action chain is connected, forecasting is in validated use and the technology centre is operating.
Acceptance evidenceIntegrated service demonstration, forecast validation, expanded site acceptance and centre commissioning records.Complete #2–8 and #12 by their 2028 deadlines. Keep accepted 2027 deliverables in use. Continue distinct development phases for #9, #13 and #14.
2029 — Sustain
Sustain services deployed from 2027 through aligned partners, accountable agencies, coordinated financing and routine joint review.
Consolidate collective performance
- Validate the additional agreed forecast reaches and evaluate treatment and membrane results; sustain accepted services through routine programme operations.
- Independently review laboratory performance, model limits, response delivery and treatment outcomes.
- Demonstrate service continuity, support and recovery procedures.
Sustain one integrated framework
- Accept the final development milestones for forecasting, treatment demonstrations and membrane capability; review continued performance of previously accepted services.
- Confirm aligned financing commitments, accountable operators, supplies and funded maintenance beyond individual project end dates.
- Sustain an Integrated Water Quality Intelligence System by 31 December 2029: partners, investments and agencies delivering under the same strategy framework.
Tangible resultBy 31 December 2029: an Integrated Water Quality Intelligence System with coordinated development partners and investments, accountable agencies, connected services and sustained community protection.
Acceptance evidenceJoint results review, documented reduction of overlapping support, accountable service owners and aligned continuation commitments.Complete #9 by 30 September 2029 and #13–14 by 31 December 2029. Sustain all accepted outputs under one framework without repeating their completion milestones.
Quick deployment strategyFocused mobilisation, parallel delivery and practical initial sites
Short decisions.
Use January 2027 to confirm the baseline, delivery owners and initial sites. Keep consultation focused on decisions that enable delivery.
Fast deployment.
Run essential permissions and community engagement alongside configuration, procurement, training and field mobilisation. Reuse suitable assets to move faster.
Visible progress.
Review functioning services, field records and community outcomes every quarter. Release the next deployment increment against accepted evidence.
Start where results matter
Confirm the initial sites in January 2027. These proposed settings guide selection; the final locations and coverage remain to be agreed.
An upstream pressure catchment
Connect source records, monitoring, verified evidence and downstream users in one practical deployment.
An urban–tributary system
Put wastewater records, laboratory evidence and accountable agency response into use on a manageable reach.
A community water supply
Demonstrate source assessment, suitable treatment and trained local operation where a verified need exists.
Results and acceptanceTangible service evidence and an interactive review checklist
Demonstrate an end-to-end case
A mapped signal becomes a tracked sample, a reviewed result, a downstream assessment and an assigned response.
Show measurable protection
Commission suitable treatment, compare water-quality results and demonstrate trained local operation.
Keep the service running
Show accountable staff, quality records, service continuity, supplies and funded maintenance for every deployed service.
INTERACTIVE RESULTS REVIEW
What counts as delivered?
These temporary review ticks explore the proposed acceptance criteria; they do not certify real deployment.
0 / 5Review the five acceptance conditions.
Supporting referencesTechnical practice behind the proposed programme
Dates and outcomes are proposed programme targets. These references inform technical practice and do not endorse the delivery schedule.
- WHO — Water safety planning ↗
Supports risk assessment from catchment to consumer and verification of improvements.
- WHO Lao PDR — Water safety planning manual ↗
A Lao-language resource for drinking-water providers, training and adaptation.
- MRC — Water quality monitoring ↗
Describes the regional monitoring framework, designated laboratories and the role of data in prevention and response.
- UNICEF Lao PDR — Community water systems, 22 March 2025 ↗
Illustrates practical community water services, local management and climate resilience.
MapA working map and connected data hub
02 / CONNECT SOURCES, RIVERS AND PEOPLE
A working map and connected data hub
Build a shared picture of potential pollution sources, discharge locations, river connections and communities that could be affected.
Put a usable shared map in the hands of teams within the first 90 days. Add coverage and better records through regular releases.
INITIAL STAGE CAPABILITY ·
First operational map and data hub for the initial sites.
Deliverables & deadlines
2027 → 202902
DELIVERABLE #2
National Water Quality Data Hub
Connected, accessible records supporting the entire process.
2 years of deliveryCompletion target
Why this duration A usable hub launches in 2027. A second delivery phase integrates the field, laboratory and response services as they become available.
2027Deploy
Launch the searchable data hub with location, source, monitoring and partner-project records for initial sites.
PHASE DEADLINE
2028Completion
Accept the integrated hub across the agreed network: connect field, laboratory and response records, provide forecasting interfaces, and test access controls, backups and operator handover.
COMPLETION TARGET
AFTER ACCEPTANCE / CONTINUING RESPONSIBILITY
The data custodian maintains records, backups and access controls. New validated forecasting feeds use the interfaces delivered by the hub.
03
DELIVERABLE #3
Pollution Source and Risk Map
Mapped mines, factories, agricultural pressures and wastewater outlets.
2 years of deliveryCompletion target
Why this duration The first map can use existing records. A second phase verifies sources, fills coverage gaps and links permits and reviewed evidence across the agreed deployment areas.
2027Deploy
Release a working map of priority pollution sources, river connections and downstream water users.
PHASE DEADLINE
2028Completion
Complete the agreed map coverage, verify priority source locations, link permit and monitoring records, and hand over an auditable update procedure to named record owners.
COMPLETION TARGET
AFTER ACCEPTANCE / CONTINUING RESPONSIBILITY
Designated record owners update pollution sources, permits and river connections through the established data service.
How we deliver
- Connect authorized source, river, monitoring, water-user and development partner project records through common locations and identifiers.
- Release the first risk map with provenance and access controls.
- Link sample results, response cases and downstream users as services come online.
INTEGRATED AND SUSTAINED BY 31 DECEMBER 2029
A maintained source-to-river-to-community map and data hub supporting the agreed network.
- Evidence of the result
- Demonstrate an update flowing from a field or laboratory record to its mapped location and responsible team.
- Accountable roles to confirm
- Data custodian, mapping team and designated record owners
Explore the geographic source map
Real Mekong geography with fictional mining, agriculture, factory and community source records.
Open the Mekong pollution source map ↗DetectMonitoring in the field
03 / SPOT EMERGING THREATS EARLY
Monitoring in the field
Combine observations from space, river monitoring and community testing to identify changes that need investigation. These complementary approaches flag potential problems for verification.
Start collecting usable observations in 2027. Combine field measurements and community reports with satellite screening to direct investigations.
INITIAL STAGE CAPABILITY ·
Routine sampling, community reporting and satellite screening operating at initial sites.
Deliverables & deadlines
2027 → 202904
DELIVERABLE #4
Satellite and AI surveillance
2 years of deliveryCompletion target
Why this duration Screening can start in year one. Field comparison and quality acceptance require a distinct validation phase before the agreed service is handed over.
2027Deploy
Deploy satellite and AI screening for initial sites and send investigation flags to field teams.
PHASE DEADLINE
2028Completion
Benchmark screening against field evidence, document usable conditions and error limits, connect investigation cases, and accept the service for the agreed coverage.
COMPLETION TARGET
AFTER ACCEPTANCE / CONTINUING RESPONSIBILITY
The analysis team runs surveillance, reviews screening performance and maintains the accepted models and investigation workflow.
05
DELIVERABLE #5
Community testing network
2 years of deliveryCompletion target
Why this duration Initial communities begin testing in 2027. Extending the network requires another phase of recruitment, training, quality checks and local support arrangements.
2027Deploy
Train the first community teams, issue suitable test kits and activate a reporting-to-verification route.
PHASE DEADLINE
2028Completion
Complete rollout to the agreed communities, demonstrate testing and reporting quality, and hand over coordination, resupply and response-feedback arrangements.
COMPLETION TARGET
AFTER ACCEPTANCE / CONTINUING RESPONSIBILITY
Local coordinators provide refresher training, replacement supplies and feedback on reports as routine network operations.
06
DELIVERABLE #6
Routine mainstream–tributary monitoring network
2 years of deliveryCompletion target
Why this duration The first coordinated sampling routes launch in 2027. The full agreed network needs a second phase of route expansion, seasonal coverage review and data-quality acceptance.
2027Deploy
Activate coordinated mainstream–tributary sampling routes across agency and partner projects, with schedules and traceable records.
PHASE DEADLINE
2028Completion
Complete the agreed monitoring network, review wet- and dry-season coverage, connect quality-checked records to the hub, and accept field procedures and support arrangements.
COMPLETION TARGET
AFTER ACCEPTANCE / CONTINUING RESPONSIBILITY
Agency and partner field teams continue routine sampling, equipment maintenance and quality review under the common monitoring plan.
How we deliver
- Activate coordinated mainstream–tributary routes and sampling schedules across agency and development partner projects.
- Equip and train community teams with testing and reporting procedures.
- Benchmark satellite and AI screening against field observations.
INTEGRATED AND SUSTAINED BY 31 DECEMBER 2029
A functioning detection network with trained teams, recorded observations and an investigation workflow.
- Evidence of the result
- Sampling logs, quality checks and follow-up records for every flagged signal used in a decision.
- Accountable roles to confirm
- Monitoring authority, field teams, community networks and research partners
Explore the detection workspaces
Real Sentinel-2 imagery alongside community testing and river-station demonstrations.
Open satellite & water monitoring ↗VerifyEvidence from field to laboratory
04 / INCREASE DATA COLLECTION COVERAGE
Evidence from field to laboratory
Investigate flagged locations, collect samples and establish the type, concentration and extent of contamination. Check suspected activities against permit records.
Deploy sampling logistics, capable staff and validated methods together so that early signals can lead to defensible decisions.
INITIAL STAGE CAPABILITY ·
First sample-to-result service running with laboratory and mobile field teams.
Deliverables & deadlines
2027 → 202907
DELIVERABLE #7
Strengthened Lao water laboratories
People, equipment and procedures to confirm what is happening.
2 years of deliveryCompletion target
Why this duration Existing laboratories can deliver priority tests in 2027. Targeted upgrades, additional validated methods and proficiency checks form a separate second-year acceptance phase.
2027Deploy
Deliver the first reviewed priority-parameter results using trained analysts, validated methods and sample custody.
PHASE DEADLINE
2028Completion
Complete the agreed laboratory upgrades and analytical methods, demonstrate proficiency and sample turnaround, connect reviewed results to the hub, and accept the supported service.
COMPLETION TARGET
AFTER ACCEPTANCE / CONTINUING RESPONSIBILITY
Laboratory operators maintain quality assurance, supplies, equipment and staff competency within the accepted analytical scope.
08
DELIVERABLE #8
Mobile Lab water quality truck field fleet
Mobile laboratory trucks extend field investigation and testing outreach to communities.
2 years of deliveryCompletion target
Why this duration A first mobile service launches in 2027. Procurement, commissioning and staffing of the remaining agreed fleet units require a second deployment phase.
2027Deploy
Commission the first mobile laboratory truck service with trained staff, sampling equipment and transport procedures.
PHASE DEADLINE
2028Completion
Commission all remaining agreed fleet units, demonstrate outreach routes and laboratory connections, and accept staff rosters, equipment servicing and resupply arrangements.
COMPLETION TARGET
AFTER ACCEPTANCE / CONTINUING RESPONSIBILITY
Field coordinators operate outreach routes, service vehicles and instruments, and maintain laboratory links and supplies.
How we deliver
- Use suitable existing laboratory capacity while targeted upgrades are installed.
- Mobilise field sampling and mobile laboratory services for initial sites.
- Connect sample custody, quality checks and reviewed results to the data hub.
INTEGRATED AND SUSTAINED BY 31 DECEMBER 2029
An operating laboratory network and mobile field fleet with maintained equipment, supplies and trained analysts.
- Evidence of the result
- Trace a deployment sample from collection to reviewed result, including method, custody, quality checks and turnaround.
- Accountable roles to confirm
- Laboratory network lead, field coordinators and quality assessors
Explore the laboratory and mobile lab
Interactive equipment concepts and a practical deployment work plan for deliverables #7 and #8.
Open laboratories & mobile lab deployment ↗PredictDownstream forecasting in use
05 / UNDERSTAND WHO COULD BE AFFECTED NEXT
Downstream forecasting in use
Use verified observations and river-flow information to estimate where pollution could travel, when it might arrive and which water intakes or communities could be exposed.
Build forecasting early, test it alongside field delivery and bring it into reviewed operational use during 2028.
INITIAL STAGE CAPABILITY ·
First forecasting prototype running in shadow mode on a selected river reach.
Deliverables & deadlines
2027 → 202909
DELIVERABLE #9
Pollution Simulation and Forecasting Engine
Connect the data hub, monitoring network and AI capability to deliver downstream forecasts and exposure scenarios.
3 years of deliveryCompletion target
Why this duration A prototype, independent validation on the initial reach, and validation of additional agreed reaches are three different outputs. Expansion must demonstrate performance for its intended use.
2027Deploy
Run a forecasting prototype in shadow mode on a selected reach using verified observations and river flow.
PHASE DEADLINE
2028Connect
Complete independent validation for defined uses on the initial reach and introduce human-reviewed operational forecasts.
PHASE DEADLINE
2029Completion
Validate the additional agreed river reaches and exposure scenarios, demonstrate downstream intake and response integration, and accept the forecasting service with documented uncertainty and use limits.
COMPLETION TARGET
AFTER ACCEPTANCE / CONTINUING RESPONSIBILITY
The modelling team monitors performance, refreshes inputs and supports human-reviewed forecasts within the accepted limits.
How we deliver
- Connect verified observations and river flow to a bounded transport model.
- Test against observations, documenting uncertainty and usable conditions.
- Integrate reviewed forecasts with the map, intake information and response workflow.
INTEGRATED AND SUSTAINED BY 31 DECEMBER 2029
A validated forecasting service operating within documented limits and supporting downstream decisions.
- Evidence of the result
- Independent validation record, observed-versus-modelled comparisons and evidence of human-reviewed use.
- Accountable roles to confirm
- Hydrology and modelling specialists with laboratory and monitoring teams
Watch the pollution simulation
Explore a mining release, confluence mixing and downstream exposure pathways.
Open the pollution simulation ↗RespondAlerts that lead to accountable action
06 / PUT INTELLIGENCE INTO ACTION
Alerts that lead to accountable action
Deliver targeted alerts, assign responsible agencies, investigate discharges and track corrective action. Give communities timely, understandable information.
Deploy the action workflow alongside monitoring. Every reviewed incident should reach a responsible team and be tracked to closure.
INITIAL STAGE CAPABILITY ·
Dashboard, app and case tracking in use by the first response teams.
Deliverables & deadlines
2027 → 202910
DELIVERABLE #10
Web dashboard and early warning platform
1 year of deliveryCompletion target
Why this duration The dashboard and warning workflow are a bounded software release that can be accepted in 2027. Later data connections belong to hub and forecasting integration, avoiding duplicate platform delivery.
2027Completion
Accept the dashboard and early-warning platform after the June launch: demonstrate mapped evidence, approved public status, authorized alert review, acknowledgement and case tracking, with tested continuity and named support.
COMPLETION TARGET
AFTER ACCEPTANCE / CONTINUING RESPONSIBILITY
The response team operates the platform, maintains continuity and connects additional accepted feeds through the common interfaces.
11
DELIVERABLE #11
Lao Water Intelligence App
1 year of deliveryCompletion target
Why this duration The agreed app release can be built, tested and handed over in one year. Routine updates and onboarding through community deployment do not require repeating the app deliverable.
2027Completion
Accept the Lao Water Intelligence App for the agreed users: demonstrate water-quality information, field reporting, accessible messages and consented notifications, complete user testing and hand over support.
COMPLETION TARGET
AFTER ACCEPTANCE / CONTINUING RESPONSIBILITY
The support team maintains the app, assists users and releases routine updates; community onboarding follows the network deployment plan.
12
DELIVERABLE #12
Wastewater compliance and response system
2 years of deliveryCompletion target
Why this duration Initial case handling starts in 2027. Connecting permit, inspection and laboratory records and demonstrating cross-agency closure requires a second delivery phase.
2027Deploy
Put initial permit and discharge records, incident assignment and corrective-action cases into use.
PHASE DEADLINE
2028Completion
Complete the agreed compliance workflow by linking inspections, laboratory evidence and closure records; demonstrate cross-agency handovers and accept named case ownership and audit procedures.
COMPLETION TARGET
AFTER ACCEPTANCE / CONTINUING RESPONSIBILITY
Responsible agencies operate inspections, case assignment and corrective-action follow-up through the accepted compliance service.
How we deliver
- Launch the first response dashboard by June and app workflows by September 2027, including approved public water-quality status with source timestamps.
- Connect authorized alert review, consented channels, case assignment and acknowledgement.
- Bring wastewater records and corrective-action follow-up into the same process.
INTEGRATED AND SUSTAINED BY 31 DECEMBER 2029
An operating dashboard, Lao Water Intelligence App and compliance-response service with accountable handovers.
- Evidence of the result
- Demonstrate a reviewed signal becoming an assigned case, an acknowledged action and a documented closure.
- Accountable roles to confirm
- Authorized response lead, provincial agencies, utilities and community liaisons
Explore early warning and response
Map pollution signals, preview mobile notifications and rehearse an outlet response.
Open the response workspace ↗ProtectTangible community protection
07 / DELIVER LASTING COMMUNITY PROTECTION
Tangible community protection
Where water-source assessments demonstrate a treatment need, develop suitable community systems and the local capability to operate, maintain and supply them. Verify that interventions improve water quality.
Deliver early community benefits using suitable treatment and trained operators. Develop local technical capability while systems are running.
INITIAL STAGE CAPABILITY ·
First treatment demonstration operating where assessment confirms a need.
Deliverables & deadlines
2027 → 202913
DELIVERABLE #13
Community water treatment research and demonstration programme
3 years of deliveryCompletion target
Why this duration A first treatment demonstration, evidence-based expansion and an independent assessment of sustained water-quality outcomes require successive field and evaluation phases.
2027Deploy
Commission the first treatment demonstration where need is verified, with baseline results and a trained operator.
PHASE DEADLINE
2028Connect
Complete the agreed expansion of justified treatment demonstrations, record before-and-after results and establish local operating arrangements.
PHASE DEADLINE
2029Completion
Complete an independent evaluation of sustained treatment outcomes, publish the demonstration findings and accept handover of the agreed systems with trained operators and funded maintenance.
COMPLETION TARGET
AFTER ACCEPTANCE / CONTINUING RESPONSIBILITY
Trained local operators sustain the accepted systems with supplies, maintenance and continuing water-quality verification.
14
DELIVERABLE #14
Membrane technology and local production development centre
Progress through testing, assembly and feasible production stages.
3 years of deliveryCompletion target
Why this duration The test bench, commissioned centre and validated assembly and production-feasibility decision are distinct development outputs. Production advances only where testing supports it.
2027Deploy
Activate an initial membrane test bench and training service at a confirmed host facility.
PHASE DEADLINE
2028Connect
Commission the centre for membrane testing, operator training and assembly trials with technical partners.
PHASE DEADLINE
2029Completion
Complete assembly trials and product-quality assessment, validate the centre’s testing and assembly capability, and issue a documented decision on feasible local production with an accepted operating plan.
COMPLETION TARGET
AFTER ACCEPTANCE / CONTINUING RESPONSIBILITY
The centre continues testing, training and accepted assembly services; any further production expansion follows the documented feasibility decision.
How we deliver
- Assess the source, choose a suitable process and commission the first maintainable system in 2027.
- Open treatment research and membrane testing, training and assembly capability during 2028.
- Expand verified solutions with operators, supplies and maintenance; advance production where feasible.
INTEGRATED AND SUSTAINED BY 31 DECEMBER 2029
Operating community treatment services and an active technology centre for testing, training and feasible local assembly.
- Evidence of the result
- Before-and-after water-quality results, commissioning records, operator competency and a funded maintenance plan.
- Accountable roles to confirm
- Water suppliers, research and technology teams, local operators and communities
Explore community treatment and local membrane production
Interactive cutaways, treatment media, facility equipment and the delivery work plan.
Open the community protection workspace ↗Proposed delivery targets. Each achievement requires acceptance evidence. Treatment follows verified need; local production follows demonstrated feasibility. The forecasting engine (#9) remains a proposed deliverable.