Thursday, 14.8.2008: Data Control of Liquid Waste in the Five Provinces around the Tonle Sap Lake Started

The Mirror, Vol. 12, No. 573

“The collection of data to control liquid waste [sewage] in five provinces, that is Kompong Chhnang, Pursat, Battambang, Siem Reap, and Kompong Thom, was started to be implemented by the Ministry of Environment for the first time in order to prevent the flow of sewage into the Tonle Sap Lake.

“An official of the Department of Environmental Pollution Control of the Ministry of Environment recently said that the collection of data on liquid waste in the five provinces around the Tonle Sap Lake is a task that needs to be clearly implemented. The start to collect data on sewage in the five provinces will monitor the flow of liquid waste from populated areas as the major goal.

“Mr. Heng Nareth, the director of the Department of Environmental Pollution Control of the Ministry of Environment, said that pollution by liquid waste originates from the citizens’ houses, and from factories and workshops.

“He added that it is estimated that waste from factories and from workshops is less than expected, that is between 5% and 10% only, while the pollution from people’s houses is between 90% and 95%.

“He explained that the pollution by liquid waste from citizens’ houses causes damage to the environment of the Tonle Sap Lake’s water when the number of persons in populated areas increases from year to year. Domestic waste is bio-pollution, because that liquid waste contains nitrogen, phosphor, and other chemicals that can kill living species in the natural water resources.

“The departments’ officials said that the liquid waste from factories is less in volume and much easier to control than liquid waste from households. Nevertheless, environment officials of the five provinces will try to find data about the liquid waste at the end points of sewage system pipes and at relevant population concentrations in inhabited rural areas and in towns.

“According to estimations from expert environmental officials, 70% of the citizens’ domestic water use goes into sewage, and 30% might infiltrate into the ground. As for the liquid waste of the five provinces, after collection of data on the quantity of domestic water use is completed, following soon there will be measures established for cleaning of the sewage water before it is released, in order to avoid polluting the natural water of the Tonle Sap Lake.” Rasmei Kampuchea, Vol.16, #4667, 14.8.2008

Newspapers Appearing on the Newsstand:
Thursday, 14 August 2008

Kampuchea Thmey, Vol.7, #1719, 14.8.2008

• Cambodian and Siamese [Thai] Troops Agreed to Withdraw 100 Meters from the [Ta Moan] Temple
• Australia Pledges to Continue to Support Cambodian Projects to Preserve the Angkor Wat Temples

Koh Santepheap, Vol.41, #6423, 14.8.2008

• The Decrease of the Price of Fuel in Cambodia Proceeds Very Slowly – unlike the Previous Increase [which was quick]
  European Union Sponsors Five Students from Cambodia to Continue to Study Higher Education Subjects through Erasmus Mundus Scholarships
• One Gold Seller’s House of the Saen Sok Market Was Robbed at Night [by a group of about ten robbers with four AK rifles and two short guns], Taking More Than US$30,000 [Russey Keo, Phnom Penh]

Moneaksekar Khmer, Vol.15, #3538, 14.8.2008

• An Official of the Khmer Rouge Tribunal Was Removed from His Position [as head of the personnel section, related to the kickback funds allegations at the Khmer Rouge Tribunal – according to the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia spokesperson, Mr. Reach Sambath, but Ms. Helen Jarvis, the Public Affairs Officer, said that it is a normal reshuffle]]; Duch’s Indictment Was Handed Over to the Trial Court
• The Sam Rainsy Party Provided Documents [as proof of the misuse of the election identification “Form 1018”] to Im Suosdey [secretary-general of the National Election Committee] to Take Action against District Chiefs from the Cambodian People’s Party

Rasmei Kampuchea, Vol.16, #4667, 14.8.2008

• Data Control of Liquid Waste in the Five Provinces around the Tonle Sap Lake Started
• [Mr. Bob Corcoran] Deputy Director of the GE Company [president of the General Electric Foundation] of the United States Arrived in Cambodia [to create a project to provide medical supplies to Cambodia]
• By 8 July 2008, Rice Cultivation [in Battambang] Is Implemented by 76.25% [corresponding to 183,767 hectares of the 241,000 hectares of this province]
• Russia and Georgia Agreed with a Peace Plan [13 August 2008]

Samleng Yuvachun Khmer, Vol.15, #3384, 14.8.2008

• Samdech Krom Preah Will Return after the King, the Great Heroic King, and the Queen, Come back This Friday [there is unofficial information that Prime Minister Hun Sen agreed to request an amnesty for Prince Norodom Ranariddh]
• Civil Society Organizations [the Cambodian League for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights and the Cambodian Center for Human Rights] Condemn the Release of a Suspect [Ea Puthea] Involved in the Acid Attack on Ms. In Soklida’s Aunt

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