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Countries: | Cambodia |
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Basins: | Mekong |
Project SDGs:
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Increase Access to Water, Sanitation, Hygiene (SDG 6.1 & 6.2)
Water Use Efficiency (SDG 6.4) |
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Safe, Affordable Water
Leaving No One Behind |
Progress to Date: | Total emission reductions: 22,000t CO2 p.a. Total emission reductions |
Services Needed: | No services needed/offered |
Desired Partner: | Other |
Language: | English |
Start & End Dates: | Feb. 01, 2010 » Ongoing |
Project Website: | www.firstclimate.com/en/our-carbon-offset-projects/cambodia-... |
Contextual Condition(s): | Other |
Additional Benefits: | Long-term partnership(s) created, Raised awareness of challenges among water users |
Beneficiaries: | Ecosystems, Local communities / domestic users |
Planning & Implementation Time: | More than 3 years |
Primary Funding Source: | ngo |
Project Challenges: | Other |
Project Source: | User |
Profile Completion: | 87% |
This project addresses the problem of safe drinking water by constructing and disseminating ceramic water purifiers (CWP) to Cambodian households, particularly in rural areas. CWPs are point-of-use treatment systems which remove microbes from contaminated water.
They are manufactured locally and can filter enough to supply drinking water for a family of five for five to seven years whilst requiring no energy input. Thus, while they replace the current treatment practice of b…
Basin and/or Contextual Conditions: | Other |
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Project Benefits: | Long-term partnership(s) created, Raised awareness of challenges among water users |
Indirect or Direct Beneficiaries: | Ecosystems, Local communities / domestic users |
Months & Implementing: | More than 3 years |
Primary Funding Source: | NGO / Civil society |
Challenges: | Other |
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