PHNOM PENH, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- Authorities in Cambodia's Siem Reap province have announced plans to pump water from the Tonle Sap Lake in order to supplement the province's supplies as water shortages continue to tighten their grip on the region, national media reported Friday.
The government would implement the program under a soft loans package from the Japanese government worth between 200 million and 300 million U.S. dollars, pending the completion of a feasibility study, Siem Reap Governor Sou Phirin was quoted by the Phnom Penh Post as saying.
"A one-year-and-a-half feasibility study will be started in June to take water from the Tonle Sap basin to supply Siem Reap province," he said.
The province's water is primarily sourced from underground water tables, but Sou Phirin said the proposed project would supplant traditional sources, citing fears the draining of groundwater was endangering the foundations of Angkorian-era temples in the province.
"The new project will sustain a supply of clean water for the province," he said, adding that three new satellite cities currently under construction would also be supplied with lake water.
Chan Sengla, deputy director general of the Siem Reap Water Supply Authority, said the initiative to pump water from the lake was due to the growth in population and increased tourist traffic to the province.
"For the first phase, we plan to tap 20,000 to 30,000 cubic meters a day from the lake," he said.
The government would implement the program under a soft loans package from the Japanese government worth between 200 million and 300 million U.S. dollars, pending the completion of a feasibility study, Siem Reap Governor Sou Phirin was quoted by the Phnom Penh Post as saying.
"A one-year-and-a-half feasibility study will be started in June to take water from the Tonle Sap basin to supply Siem Reap province," he said.
The province's water is primarily sourced from underground water tables, but Sou Phirin said the proposed project would supplant traditional sources, citing fears the draining of groundwater was endangering the foundations of Angkorian-era temples in the province.
"The new project will sustain a supply of clean water for the province," he said, adding that three new satellite cities currently under construction would also be supplied with lake water.
Chan Sengla, deputy director general of the Siem Reap Water Supply Authority, said the initiative to pump water from the lake was due to the growth in population and increased tourist traffic to the province.
"For the first phase, we plan to tap 20,000 to 30,000 cubic meters a day from the lake," he said.
12 comments:
it's time cambodia is over due to tap the tonle sap water for usage. really, cambodia is never short of water supply, it's just short of technology and idea to tap into these god given potential. cambodia is actually a very rich resource country, believe it or not; it's just need technological assistance from japan, the USA, the EU, Australia, etc. to tap into it. that said, every development in cambodia must have a thorough environmental study in order to have a sustainable development, and the world is helping the gov't, especially, japan gov't is helping cambodia to do just that. thank you god. god bless cambodia.
gov't also understand that the population of cambodia, including tourists number are also increased dramatically, thus, the necessity to tap into our natural resources in order to meet the demand from growth. nothing wrong with that. cambodia can learn a lot from the developing world out there, especially from japan, the usa, and so on. god bless cambodia.
They should have spend a little bit more money and pump the water from the Mekong insteads. It is much cleaner.
3:37AM Mekong do not go to Siem Reap and by the way they share the same water!
Read and look at the map, dude! don't be a fool and do not try to get free PhD!!
4:29,
No Tonle Sap goes to Siem Reap.
No they are not exact the same water. When it flows into the Tonle Sap and then flows backout the water is dirtier then the Tonle Mekong because people and industries along the river polluted it. The Mekong River is cleaner and clearer each year prior to the Tonle Sap. I know, I live in Chroychonvar-- by the bridge. That is why I suggest to spend a bit more money. Yes it will come cost. The Mekong is not that far away. Do it once and do it right and do it to last like Agkor.
That's good policy to get water from surface water, Tonle Sap lake in order to avoid the risk to the foundation of Angkor temple. As the population grows, groundwater doesn't, so we have to pump water from surface water. Anyway, we should make attention also to the pollutants/contaminants in Tonle Sap Lake in order to reach sustainable development.
It's reasonable to built a water paalnt near Tole Sap lake to suppy not only the Siemreap town people, but also people living on the way to Tonle Sap.
BUt the Government must relocate people in Chong Khneas to a dry place and bann all people settlement in the lake. No more living , sleeping, cooking, defecating on le lake, and drinking the water of the lake.
I said : Water Plant
i know, some people need to seriously study cambodian geography before claiming to know about the mekong river, the tonle sap lake, etc... from my own experience, many khmer people don't know our country real geography, let alone the land escapes, the land features, etc... i think all khmer people should be taught to know cambodia geography really well, i mean really, really thoroughly know our geography and world geography as well so they, too, can learn to appreciate what we have on this planet. the planet is a fascinating place, once you get to know it. please study and know our khmer geography. wake up, people! god bless cambodia.
when they pump the water from the tonle sap lake, doesn't mean the water is not being purified before usage. yes, they pump the brown looking water, then they purified it to make is consumable and usage just like in the developed countries on the planet, hello! please study from japan the USA, the EU, etc, to see how they manage to do just that. it's called technological savvy, you know. god, i'm sick to see cambodia so lack behind in technology such as water purification, etc... when are we going to wake up and learn from the world. stay in school or something! it's time to wake up, people, i mean everybody needs to know this!
Yeah, but you have to be realistic about thing here. Japan, US, ..., and EU got the money to clean the water for their citizen, but not all country can hack that. They just do whatever they can within their mean. In other words, you can't expect a poor parent to look at a rich parent to see how they send their kids to luxury school and do the same thing as they are rich. It's just impossible.
hey, the point, is nothing is impossible to do. don't be so pessimistic in your view... remember, when there's a will there's a way... you've gotten to start somewhere, somehow. be proactive and take iniative for a change, otherwise you will not see changes if people were to think like you. what a low life this person is! i hope this person is not allow to lead cambodia with his kind of low-thinking! god bless cambodia. and i'm glad the world don't think pessimistically either! god bless cambodia.
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