Hun Sen Says Water, Power Shortages to Stay
Prime Minister Hun Sen said yesterday that the rapid growth of Phnom Penh’s population coupled with the rampant construction of new property projects means that there would always be a shortage of water and electricity in the capital. Speaking to a crowd of thousands who had gathered in Menachey district’s Niroth commune for the inauguration of a new $90 million water treatment plant, Mr. Hun Sen said that despite committing to new projects such as this one, growth is overtaking the government’s ability to meet its citizens’ basic needs. … Mr. Hun Sen said that since 2004, the state-owned Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority has added some 14,000 customers annually through its 2,000 km of pipes and that currently 85 percent of Phnom Penh’s more than 2 million residents were connected to the water supply. … According to new data from the Asian Development Bank, demand for energy in Cambodia up to 2035 will increase far quicker than the rate at which the country can create its own water supply. …
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