Open Development Cambodia (ODC) is conducting a survey to assess the impacts of its activities on the development of Cambodia.The results of this survey will teach ODC insights in how it can provide the Cambodian public better development contributions.Water and sanitation
Water and sanitation policy and administration
Water shortages hit outer suburbs
Around 40,000 families in the Phnom Penh suburbs are expected to face water shortages in the dry season. To address the issue, the Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority (PPWSA) has made provisions to provide water to them, a senior PPWSA official said. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/water-shortages-hit-outer-suburbs
Water utility posts profit, but shares stagnant
The capital’s listed water utility reported strong growth of earnings and profit in 2015, yet failed once again to impress investors, with its share price refusing to budge during yesterday’s low-volume trading session. ...
Cam McGrath and Sor Chandara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/water-utility-posts-profit-shares-stagnant
Villagers in Cambodia’s Stung Treng say waterway contaminated by local sawmill
Indigenous villagers in northeastern Cambodia’s Stung Treng province on Monday called for an investigation into a saw mill they say has polluted their local waterway and caused residents to contract a skin disease. ...
Men Sothy
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/contamination-09142015173926.html
Industrial ambitions face thirsty future
Cambodia’s new industrial development policy calls for more factories and special economic zones, but accomplishing this will be difficult. ...
Igor Kossov
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/15199/industrial-ambitions-face-thirsty-future/
Huge drop in rate of open defecation, report says
The open defecation rate in Cambodia has dropped by 42 percent since 1990, according to a new U.N. report, but the country’s urban poor still have limited access to improved sanitation. ...
George Wright
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/huge-drop-in-rate-of-open-defecation-report-says-87094/
