Project Objectives
The project is expected to enhance technical and research skills of the staffs and students of environmental science and engineering of RUPP to deal with arsenic contamination in groundwater in Cambodia. It also helps embedding a low cost technology for subterranean arsenic removal without the aid of any chemicals in the Kandal Province of Cambodia as a pilot.It is believed that if the proposed chemical free arsenic removal method is embedded in the local community for irrigation and potable use, this method will significantly reduce the arsenic exposure to the population of Kandal and reduce soil pollution. Following benefits will be realised when the technology is fully embedded in the community.
- Reduce arsenic level in drinking water to less than 10 µg/L (WHO guideline value) from more than 50 µg/L in many places in Prey Veng province.
- Careful use of treated water in gardening and agriculture to produce arsenic free crops, fruit and vegetables as well as support subsistence agriculture for the rural community.
- Prevent soil pollution by the spread of arsenic from the use of untreated groundwater; the arsenic in surface soil may transmit in to the food chain as it has happened in South Asia.
- Boost cash crop production and income of marginal farmers in dry months with groundwater based micro irrigation.
Contact Info
Mrs. Chea Eliyan
Project Coordinator and Deputy Head
Department of Environmental Science, Royal University of Phnom Penh
Room 112A, First Floor, Royal University of Phnom Penh, Russian Confederation Blvd. Phnom Penh, Camobdia
+855-17 485 675
chea.eliyan@rupp.edu.kh or chea_eliyan@yahoo.com