US$ 200 million to build the water treatment plant in Phnom Penh

The Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority (PPWSA) and a French construction company will build a water treatment plant in Bakheng at an estimated cost of US$200 million to supply water to nearly half of Phnom Penh’s consumers, according to a statement released by VINCI Construction on Tuesday 19 November.

French-based VINCI Construction Grands Projects recently won the bid to build the water treatment plant and signed the contract with PPWSA on 14 November for the first phase of the project.

The first phase, with a value of US$155 million will have a capacity of 195,000 cubic metres per day. The completed total project will cost an additional US$45 million and will double its daily water supply capacity to 390,000 cubic metres per day or supply water for a population of one million, which is nearly half the capital’s population, the VINCI Construction statement confirmed.

The start and completion dates of the project have not yet been announced but VINCI Construction have also said they will install 27,000 square metres of solar panels that can generate 3.8 megawatts of power to help minimise the plant’s carbon footprint.

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