PHNOM PENH, Jan. 8 (Xinhua): Households in the coastal city of Sihanoukville in southwest Cambodia's Preah Sihanouk province are facing a shortage of water after a dam burst, officials said on Sunday.
A dam at the Kbal Chhay waterfall area in Sihanoukville collapsed Saturday night, causing damage to a pumping station and a pipe flowing water from the reservoir to one of the city's two water treatment plants, Preah Sihanouk provincial governor Kuoch Chamroeun said.
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