Infrastructure

Water and sanitation

Water shortages reported in Phnom Penh and Takhmao

Phnom Penh Water Supply (PPWSA) has pledged to solve the problem of a lack of water in Takhmao and Phnom Penh cities from May, with the possibility of building a new water plant. ...

Chhorn Raksmey
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodia-water-shortages-reported-in-phnom-penh-and-takhmao

Battambang landfill is officially inaugurated to participate in the development of sanitation

Senior Minister Sun Chanthol, Minister of Public Works and Transport, presided over the handover and official inauguration ceremony of a large landfill in Battambang city of Urban Environment Management in the Tonle Sap Phase 2 Project under the Asian Development Bank (ADB) loan. ...

Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501259003/battambang-landfill-is-officially-inaugurated-to-participate-in-the-development-of-sanitation/

Battambang province gets new landfill facility

The province’s new landfill site was built on a total area of 20.80 hectares in Paoy Svay village, Ta Kream commune, Banan district. It has four pits to store garbage, a waste treatment plant, a warehouse to store hazardous waste, and several residential buildings. ...

Sem Brakdav
https://cambodianess.com/article/battambang-province-gets-new-landfill-facility

Tackling access to water in Cambodia

The United Nations is hosting a panel discussion focusing on strengthening resilience to water scarcity in Cambodia and two other countries threatened by the impacts of access to water. ...

Marissa Carruthers
https://kiripost.com/stories/tackling-access-to-water-in-cambodia

PWSA FY’22 net profit sees 16% contraction

Increase in water sales and construction service saw Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority’s (PWSA) net profits inch up to 22.1 billion riel ($5.5 million) in its fourth quarter ended December 31, 2022, from approximately 22 billion riel last year. ...

Sangeetha Amarthalingam
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodia-pwsa-fy22-net-profit-sees-16-contraction

Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority to meet clean water demand

The Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority, under the Ministry of Industry, Science, Technology and Innovation, is expanding the capacity of water supplies and building new water treatment plants to meet the increasing demand for pipe water as urbanisation development and business activities rise. ...

Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501249575/phnom-penh-water-supply-authority-to-meet-clean-water-demand/

Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority to meet clean water demand

The Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority, under the Ministry of Industry, Science, Technology and Innovation, is expanding the capacity of water supplies and building new water treatment plants to meet the increasing demand for pipe water as urbanisation development and business activities rise. ...

Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501249575/phnom-penh-water-supply-authority-to-meet-clean-water-demand/

Microfinance to tap into WASH sector

A partnership between Cambodia Microfinance Association (CMA) and Water.org aims to increase access to safe water and sanitation nationwide by offering incentives to finance the sector. ...

Marissa Carruthers
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodia-microfinance-to-tap-into-wash-sector

$50-million ADB loan granted to Battambang city

Battambang city governor Leang Veasna announced that through the Royal Government of Cambodia, Battambang city has borrowed $50 million from the Asian Development Bank (ADB). ...

Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501243465/50-million-adb-loan-granted-to-battambang-city/

Farmers stopped from using drying-up reservoir

Authorities in Banteay Meanchey province’s Preah Netr Preah district have stopped farmers from using a protected reservoir because it could dry out. ...

Torn Vibol
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501242127/farmers-stopped-from-using-drying-up-reservoir/

World Bank, Kingdom accelerate activities for sanitation, clean water

The Ministry of Public Works and Transport, in collaboration with the World Bank, has developed an action plan to accelerate the implementation of projects to improve clean water supply and sanitation in the country’s cities and provinces. ...

Sem Pisey
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/world-bank-kingdom-accelerate-activities-sanitation-clean-water

S Reap to attain ODF status by early 2024, officials say

Siem Reap provincial authorities and several partner organisations have announced their joint commitment to achieve open defecation free (ODF) status across the province by early 2024. More than 80 per cent of the province has been declared ODF thus far. ...

Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/s-reap-attain-odf-status-early-2024-officials-say

Phase III of Niroth water treatment plant set for ‘26

Cambodian authorities have announced 2026 a start date for the construction of Phase III of the Niroth Water Treatment Plant. A recent meeting between the Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority (PPWSA) and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) approved the launch of a feasibility study of ...

Sem Pisey
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/phase-iii-niroth-water-treatment-plant-set-26

Ground breaks on Battambang water plant

Ground has been broken on a new water treatment plant in Battambang province which will serve the provincial capital. The plant, in Kampong Wat Kor commune’s Seima village of the town, is co-financed by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Agence Francaise de Developpement- AFD ...

Yuth Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ground-breaks-battambang-water-plant

Over 470 communes nationwide declared ODF

The Ministry of Rural Development confirmed that in 2022, the ministry had declared 472 communes in 39 districts in the country to have Open Defecation Free (ODF) status. ...

Tith Kongnov
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501225340/over-470-communes-nationwide-declared-odf/

Kampong Thom Provincial Authority urge clean water supply to, sanitation of rural areas

Prem Ratha, Deputy Governor of Kampong Thom, urged all relevant officials to promote the supply of clean water and sanitation to rural areas and asked the people to participate together to improve the well-being of the residents. ...

Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501221210/kampong-thom-provincial-authority-urge-clean-water-supply-to-sanitation-of-rural-areas/

Ministry of Industry and JICA sign fifth deal on urban water supply

The Ministry of Industry, Science, Technology & Innovation (MISTI) and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has signed a deal on Technical Cooperation Project for Formulation of the Development Plan for Urban Water Supply. ...

So Cheata
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501219662/ministry-of-industry-and-jica-sign-fifth-deal-on-urban-water-supply/

City Hall adding pumping stations following study

Japanese experts are studying where to build a new pumping station in the capital, while another station is being constructed in Russey Keo district to add to the existing 14 stations to relieve flooding in some areas of Phnom Penh. ...

Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/city-hall-adding-pumping-stations-following-study

Kampong Speu set to announce ODF status ‘next month’

Kampong Speu province will announce formally in February that it has achieved Open Defecation Free (ODF) status, after evaluations were completed late last year. The announcement will make the province the fourth in Cambodia to reach the benchmark. ...

Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kampong-speu-set-announce-odf-status-next-month

Hi-tech wastewater plants ‘improving’ S’ville environment

Since the 2021 opening of a second high-tech wastewater treatment plant in Sihanoukville, the environment of Preah Sihanouk province has steadily improved, with a reduction in pollution and an increase in maritime biodiversity, said the Ministry of Environment. ...

Sem Pisey
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hi-tech-wastewater-plants-improving-sville-environment

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