water infrastructure
TS11 Multi-Purpose Port Over 80% Complete, Open for Operation by Early July
The construction of the TS11 multi-purpose satellite port of Phnom Penh Autonomous Port is currently 85% completed and is scheduled to be operational in early July 2022. The progress was updated by HE Sun Chanthol, Minister of Public Works and Transport, during a construction site inspection on 25 April. HE Sun Chanthol said that the […]
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New Waterway Connecting Tonle Bassac to Kep to be Studied by China
The Ministry of Public Works and Transport (MPWT) and a Chinese firm CRBC will work together on the feasibility study of building a new waterway system connecting the Bassac River in Kandal province to Kep province. MPWT Minister HE Sun Chanthol said on Monday 25 April that the preliminary study conducted by the ministry has […]
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Gov’t Plans to Build Seven River-Based Ports
The Ministry of Public Works and Transport (MPWT) plans to build seven river-based ports along the Mekong River and the Tonle Sap River to facilitate the transportation of products from the provinces to the port of Phnom Penh for export. MPWT Minister HE Sun Chanthol mentioned the project during the site inspection of the TS11 […]
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Japan Signs US$24 million Grant Aid Agreement to Expand Water Supply in Svay Rieng
Japan has officially provided grant aid of approximately US$24 million to expand the water supply system capacity in Svay Rieng province. The grant agreement was signed on 11 March by Minister of Economy and Finance HE Aun Porn Moniroth and Representative of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) in Cambodia Ms Kame Haruko. The project […]
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Large-scale US$30m Clean Water System Expansion to Begin Construction in June
The Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority (PPWSA) and KKKCT Consortium on Monday 7 March signed a construction contract for the expansion of the Takmao clean treatment plant using Japanese Grant Aid. Under the contract, the project will start construction in June 2022 and finish in December 2024. According to PPWSA Director-General Long Naro, the plant […]
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Japan Finishes Study on Clean Water System Development Masterplan 2020-2030
Cambodia’s clean water system development master plan from 2020 to 2030 has been recently completed by a Japanese team and is set to be implemented gradually phase by phase. Director-General of Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority HE Long Naro said on 1 March that Japan has already helped to study three master plans: Project 1 […]
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US$190-million Cambodia’s largest water treatment plant 60% complete
Construction of the Bakeng water treatment plant phase 1, Cambodia’s largest plant with a treatment capacity of almost 200,000 m3/day, has reached 60% completion as of February and is scheduled to be completed as planned in 2023. HE Long Naro, Director General of Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority, said on March 1 that currently the […]
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Japan to Provide US$24 million Grant Aid to Expand Water Supply System in Svay Rieng
Cambodia and Japan will sign an agreement on Wednesday 2 March on a Japanese grant of approximately US$41 million for the development of two major projects in Cambodia. According to a press release from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation on 28 February, the first project is the expansion of the water supply […]
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Gov’t Urges Private Firm to Expand & Modernise Water Supply Network in SHV
The Ministry of Industry, Science, Technology and Innovation (MISTI) has requested Anco Co., Ltd. to expand and modernise the clean water supply network in Sihanoukville, especially in developing districts, as the company is currently operating clean water treatment plants with a capacity of 160,000 m3 / day. MISTI Minister HE Cham Prasidh made the request […]
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