Sewage canal bursts its banks

Raw sewage spewed onto Street 105 from the antiquated discharge canal running parallel to it yesterday as heavy rains continued to create headaches in the capital.

The putrid water lipped homes and local business on the street in Chamkarmon’s Boeung Trabek commune, alarming residents. …

Togo Uchida, a project formulation adviser in charge of environment and climate change at the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), said the organisation has been working with City Hall since 1999 to repair and expand the city’s existing drainage system. …

Wastewater travels through Phnom Penh’s central piping through the open canals to Boeung Trabek.

It is then partially purified by morning glory and lotus growing in waters north of the station. Chreang Sophan, a deputy governor in the capital, cited climate change and a rapidly growing urban population as among the blockades slowing repair of citywide drainage systems. …

Phak Seangly and Amelia Woodside
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