Policy support to private sector investment. Two key policy areas to increase private sector investment were identified through extensive consultation; making septage manage compulsory and increasing minimum standards for industrial pre-treatment. The following policies were then drafted under the project; (a) Septage Management Ordinance; (b) Guidelines for the Adoption of New Design Parameters for Septic Tanks; (c) National Registry of Desludgers or Entities Engaged in Septage Management; (d) Pre-Treatment Standards for Wastewater Effluents Discharged by Commercial and Industrial Wastewater Sources to Publicly-owned Sewer Systems. The draft policies are expected to put into place a stronger framework for private sector investment; both by supporting a consistent framework for septage management which facilitates both public and private investment from septage collection to treatment and disposal and by promoting private investment in pre-treatment. There has already been some impact from this policy development as the draft Ordinance template for mandatory septic tank desludging was issued by DILG and adapted by Makati and Quezon City - these initial ordinances are expected to serve as a model for adoption by other LGUs. The four policy documents were submitted for endorsement from EMB-DENR in May 2014; two policy documents for septic tanks and desludging have been endorsed by EMB-DENR and adopted by the LGUs through an administrative order. The remaining two policy documents are going through the technical review process and are expected to be endorsed in 2015.