Contract signed for construction of Phase I of Bakeng Water Treatment Plant

The Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority (PPWSA) has signed a construction contract with a French company for Phase I of the Bakeng Water Treatment Plant which will have a capacity of 195,000 cubic metres.
According to PPWSA, the signing ceremony was held on 14 November with Vinci Construction Grants Projects. Construction will start in late November with 36 months needed for completion.
Phase I of the project is budgeted at US$156 million, US$136 million of which is the financing from Agence Francaise de Developpement (AFD), the European Investment Bank and PPWSA, with the remainder being sourced from the Cambodian government budget.
According to a recent survey, the demand for clean water in Phnom Penh will reach 900,000 cubic metres per day by 2025 and about 1 million cubic metres per day by 2030.
The Bakeng Water Treatment Plant is the fourth PPWSA project after the Niroth Water Treatment Plant Phase I went into operation in 2013, Niroth Water Treatment Plant Phase II in 2017, and Chamkar Mom Water Treatment Plant in 2019.

 

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