PHNOM PENH, March 20 (Xinhua) -- About 85 percent of the rural population in Cambodia now have access to clean water supply and sanitation, Prime Minister Hun Manet said here on Wednesday.
As of 2023, the kingdom has constructed 637,237 wells, 10,546 community ponds, 58,559 rainwater tanks, 140 community water treatment plants, and 407 water distribution systems, as well as distributed 270,000 large water jars to rural households.
For rural sanitation, the Southeast Asian country has built 2.58 million toilets for households and constructed 10,322 public sanitary facilities.
"These achievements have greatly contributed to improving the well-being and livelihoods of rural households," Hun Manet said at the closing ceremony of the Ministry of Rural Development's annual conference.
"We are committed to providing rural households with 100 percent access to clean water supply and sanitation by 2030," he added.
With a total population of approximately 16.5 million, some 76 percent of the Cambodian people live in rural areas. ■
