Prime Minister Hun Sen turned his attention to an embankment construction project during the inauguration of a new water treatment facility in Kampot province on Tuesday.

He said he had previously instructed the Ministry of Industry and Handicrafts and the Ministry of Environment to build a barrier to prevent sea water from contaminating fresh water sources. However, he said, the ministries bucked responsibility for the project back and forth.

“I don’t care whose job it is. I need someone to build an embankment. If it is not built, Kampot will have to drink salt water,” Hun Sen said.

The coastal province is experiencing a boom thanks in part to the expansion of National Road 3 and the construction of a new Chinese-funded seaport – fuelling a thirst for clean water.

Demand for fresh water in the Teuk Chhuo district and Kampot town was strained due to an ageing infrastructure which could only produce around 6,000 cubic metres a day.http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/clean-water-kampot-treatment-plant-opens