Sewage canal bursts its banks

10 October 2013
The Phnom Penh Post
Disasters / Environment and natural resources / Floods / Infrastructure / Phnom Penh / Pollution and waste / Urban administration and development / Urban sanitation infrastructure / Urban water and sanitation infrastructure / Water and sanitation / Water and sanitation infrastructure and facilities / Water pollution
Boeng Trabaek commune / Boeung Trabek Pumping Station / Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) / Phnom Penh City Hall / Togo Uchida

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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