Cambodia: Lower Mekong Basin project underway to ensure water security

A $15 million project to enhance cross-border groundwater management and strengthen water security in the Lower Mekong Basin is being developed by Cambodia and Vietnam, with a focus on improved governance and sustainable utilisation of the Cambodia-Mekong river delta transboundary aquifer. - Phnom Penh Post/ANN

PHNOM PENH, May 30 (Phnom Penh Post/ANN): A US$15 million project to enhance cross-border groundwater management and strengthen water security in the Lower Mekong Basin is being developed by Cambodia and Vietnam, with a focus on improved governance and sustainable utilisation of the Cambodia-Mekong river delta transboundary aquifer.

“The project will benefit both countries [by strengthening] water security in the Lower Mekong Basin [which is] home to approximately 35 million people, important habitats and ecosystem, as well as a source of national economic activities and development,” said Antonio Schiavone, UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) representative in Cambodia.