Water pollution can be variously defined. In general, water pollution is contaminated with water when Pesticides flow into the water source without taking action (removing toxic substances). Most pollutants cause water From residues from factories of agriculture and tea The house offers a serious impact on human and animal health as well as the environmental quality of the water source.
In Cambodia, access to clean water is still a challenge, especially for rural households Because water services and infrastructure are still limited for areas outside the major cities.
In Cambodia, access to clean water is still a challenge, especially for rural households Because water services and infrastructure are still limited for areas outside the major cities.
UNICEF has found that 6.3 million out of 14.9 million Cambodians do not yet have access to water It is still used .1 During the 2014 World Water Day, UNICEF Cambodia urged the government to focus on The water supply in the countryside is also confirmed The main reason why millions of Cambodians do not have access to clean water is because the government has imposed The supply of drinking water in developed areas is more of a priority than in the countryside
Arsenic poisoning was found in Cambodian drinking water during a study of the quality of drinking water in Cambodia, which was jointly conducted by the Ministry of Rural Development And the Ministry of Industry, Mines and Energy between 1999 and 2000. 3 To solve this problem, the Ministry of Industry, Mines and Energy established Was a Cambodian drinking water quality standard in 2004. For example, drinking water should not contain as much arsenic as 0.05 mg Lime per liter .5
Arsenic can usually be found in groundwater and in the Mekong Basin .Kandal, Prey Veng, Kampong Cham, Kampong Chhnang, Kampong Thom, and Kampong Thom. Kratie provinces are found to have the highest concentrations of arsenic in Cambodia. Among these provinces, Kandal province is the province where There is a higher arsenic poisoning First, in 2014, the Post reported that in Kandal province 35% of the more than 15,000 samples were found to contain arsenic higher than the grade level 0.05 mg per liter, and about 54% of the wells contain more than arsenic in excess of the World Health Organization’s standard of 0.01 Milligrams Per liter .7
Water is very important to keep people and the environment healthy, either directly or indirectly. Arsenic may cause millions of Cambodians to risk if no action is taken.
In a briefing, UNICEF found that the effects of arsenic on various chronic diseases were Estimates of more than 500 documents, including the death toll and many other limbs
