Preethi Nallu, press TV, Phnom Penh
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It is a special day for this 26 year old and his family. His home in the outskirts of Phnom Penh city in Cambodia will now have 24 hour clean water supply. Like many other Cambodians living in slum communities, Sinkue, who is an English teacher at a local school had to travel a long distance to obtain safe water for daily use. He is confident that this round-the-clock water supply will increase the quality of life for his family and his students.
Water: an essential element for sustaining life. Yet, according the World Health Organization (WHO), 884 million people across the world lack access to safe water supplies. This number equates to roughly one in eight people.
Cambodia, a country that depends heavily on foreign aid, has been in the process of re-developing its water infrastructure since the early 90s after the end of the Pol Pot regime that left the country in an impoverished state and without basic amenities.
The director of the Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority draws from his own experience of moving to the city from a rural province and his struggle for water on a daily basis during and after the Khmer Rouge years.
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