Urban Water Supply in Cambodia

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Urban Water Supply in Cambodia
Launch Meeting on Cambodia And Laos Initiative
for Building human Resources for the
Environment8 to 9 of May, 2008

• Prepared by MSc. TANG Sochettra
• Department of Potable Water Supply,
• Ministry of Industry, Mines and Energy

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MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY, MINES AND
ENERGY Organization Chart of Department of
Potable Water Supply (DPWS)
DIRECTOR
DEPUTY DIRECTORS
Administration Office
Project Office
Technical Office
Planning Office
Water Works Office
Provincial Water Supply Units
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RGC Structure Involve to Water Sector

• MIME Urban Water Supply
• MRD Rural Water Supply
• MOWRAM Water Resources
• MOH Health Aspect
• MOE Environment Aspect

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Urban Water Supply Status

• 16 Public Waterworks are in operations
• - 2 Small scale system
• - 6 Old system
• - 8 New system (Target of Capacity Building
  Project)
• 60 Private Operators have been given licenses

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National Water and Environmental Legislation

• Water supply and sanitation policy
• Drinking Water Quality Standards
• EIA large scale (2000 connections)
• Receiving Water Standard
• Effluent Discharge Standards

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Water Supply and Sanitation Policy

• Royal Government of Cambodias policy (CMDG) aim
  to improve the living standard by providing safe
  water supplies and sanitation services for living
  in a cleaning, healthy and
• sustainable environment.

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Urban Water Supply Policy(continue)

• 1- Improved water supply sector
• (set target 80 at year 2015)
• 2- Provided opportunity to private sector
  participation
• 3- Independent
• (create regulatory body)

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Private Sector Contract Forms (continue)

1. Build Operation Transfer (BOT)
2. Output Based Aid (OBA)
3. Design Build Lease (DBL)
4. Build Operation Own (BOO)

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Drinking Water Quality Standard
1- To ensure that drinking water will be safe in
the future, that there are no health risks to the
public. 2- To serve as a basis for design
planning of water supply treatment. 3-To provide
a benchmark for assessing long-term trends in the
performance of the water supply system.
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Drinking Water Quality Standard (Continue)

• 51 Parameters bacteriology, inorganic, organic,
  physical chemical parameters.

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Drinking Water Quality Standard (Continue)

• 1- Bacteriology, Coliform and E. coli or
  Thermotolerant have total 2 parameters.
• 2- Inorganic Constituents have total 12
  parameters.
• 3- Organic Constituents have total 21 parameters.
• 4- Physical Chemical Quality have 16
  parameters.
• 5- Small Scale Water Supply have 6 parameters

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Development of HR on Urban Sector

• The project on capacity building for water supply
  system in Cambodia (phase 2)
• 1- Grant from JICA
• 2- Duration 2007 to 2011
• 3- Target on public water supply sector
• 4- 5 subjects for main training, there are
• - Treatment Plants - Electrical facility
• - Water Quality - Mechanical facility
• - Distribution Network

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Urban Water Supply Challenges

• Dry season water shortage in several Provinces
  Sihanouk Ville, Siem Reap, Kampong Cham,
  Battambong, ...
• Water sources degradation from domestic wastes.
• Network bacteria contamination, because of old
  pipeline.
• The blooming of the private sector with a lack of
  experience and education.
• No EIA for small scale water supply projects

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• Thank You