Ppwsa Signs Contracts to Build Cambodia’s Largest Water Treatment Facility

• 31 December 2015
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The Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority (PPWSA) has signed two contracts worth US$30 million for the construction (SAFEGE) and supervision (Vinci Constructions Grands Projets) of the Niroth 2 Water Treatment Plant.

Niroth Water Treatment Plant was designed to be built in two steps. The first stage, “Niroth 1”, has been producing 130,000 m3 of potable water per day since January 2013. The construction of the second stage, with the same capacity, will start in August 2014; water production is expected to start in early 2017. Construction works will be co-financed by the Agence Française de Développement (AFD) and PPWSA.

The plant, which will become the largest water treatment facility in Cambodia, will help PPWSA to cope with the dramatic increase of demand for drinking water (+30% over the past two years), and will eventually provide half of Phnom Penh’s water.

Just as the other existing plants, Niroth 2 will feature a high level of technology including a fully automated control and will maintain PPWSA’s edge as a true regional model for production and distribution of drinking water. Water quality conforms to all international standards and the loss rate is at a low record of 7%; comparatively lower than in France for instance.