JS' Features and Primary Operations
Features
- 1. Japan Sewage Works Agency (JS) is a corporation established by local governments' heads and academic experts as founders and with the approval of the Minister of Construction
- 2. JS receives investment and financial support from local governments and has a board of trustees with most members representing local governments as a voting body (a so-called "local joint corporation")
- 3. The Japanese government shall provide financial assistance and human and technical support and supervise JS through budgets, business plans, and the approval of the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport, and Tourism for the appointment of officers so that JS achieves the national policy objective of promoting sewerage development
- 4. JS' primary business is to act for the construction of municipal wastewater treatment plants based on the commission of local governments.
Primary Operations
- 1. Constructing wastewater treatment facilities at the contract of local governments
- 2. Planning of sewerage facilities at the contract of local governments
- 3. Technical assistance for the operation and maintenance of sewerage facilities at the contract of local governments
- 4. Supervision and management of sewerage constructions at the contract of local governments
- 5. Training and development of local government sewerage engineers
- 6. Technical certification of sewage system designers
- 7. Research and development of sewerage technology and practical application
