Prime Minister orders shutdown of factories and enterprises polluting public water sources!!!!

Phnom Penh: The head of government has called for suspending the operation of factories and enterprises that do not have a wastewater treatment system, which causes damage to the people's drinking water sources, especially along the provinces bordering rivers and seas.

The issuance of the regulation was made at the opening ceremony of the wastewater treatment system development project with a total contract value of more than US$90 million in Ta Krom on Tuesday morning, May 6.

Prime Minister Hun Manet mentioned that the preparation of the wastewater treatment system is important in the provincial capital because some factories and enterprises produce raw materials with high levels of chemicals or discharge wastewater into public water sources, which requires a proper environmental framework.

The head of government said: "There is no one left for him a year or a few months to drain.

The Prime Minister continued: "Because before the process is done, it must be done, not done and caught, asked for time to do.

The Prime Minister also mentioned the pollution of wastewater from some factories and enterprises entering the river in Bang Dom province and into the sea in Sihanoukville.

He instructed: "This work asks for good attention, especially along the provinces bordering the rivers and the sea.

Environment Minister Ang Sophallet said last March that more than 100 factories in Cambodia are capable of emitting toxic substances, of which the ministry has found 28 factories and companies that have discharged wastewater to pollute public water areas due to the lack of liquid waste treatment basins and causing public water pollution in 2024-2025.

All those factories and companies are located in Pailin, Central, Phnom Penh, Kampong Speu, Bang Dom, Sihanouk, Kampot, and Thom Bee.

The ministry said that in the past, the ministry has taken legal and technical measures against factories and companies that have committed the offence of discharging liquid waste, polluting all public water areas, to curb the pollution of public water areas.