Looking to increase water access
More than half of Cambodians living in rural areas still do not have access to treated water, about 200 people heard yesterday at a forum at the Phnom Penh Hotel. The event was sponsored by WaterSHED, an NGO funded by USAID’s Regional Development Mission-Asia and the Stone Family Foundation. … According to WaterSHED’s Executive Director Aun Hengly, Cambodian government officials placed the percentage of Cambodians in rural areas with treated water at 40.5 per cent. According to the Cambodian Millennium Development Goals of 2003, the Kingdom aims to increase this to 50 per cent by 2015. Complete national coverage is expected to be reached in 2025, according to the National Strategy on Water and Sanitation of 2011. …
