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Greeting From President of CWA
Cambodia has been facing with water supply issues over decades. Many people do not have access to clean piped water particularly with the community in the rural and remote areas which approximately 70% of population who lives within the rural and remote areas in Cambodia.
Lack of access to clean piped water, it could be effected to various issues with the population who living in the rural and remote areas, including health and hygiene, and household’s economic status, and education.
In 2011, a group of private water operators have collaboratively established a water supply association known as “Cambodian Water Supply Association” or “CWA” in order to build strong synergy and collective willingness and commitment to professionalize, including advocacy, and share knowledge and experience, and equal opportunity among the water operators with the common goal on “everyone must have access to clean and safe water”.
CWA is also play an important role with contribution to the poverty reduction as addressed in the Cambodian government strategy. The Cambodian Water Supply Association is a voice and a representative on the behalf of CWA members, our efforts is to address all relevant water supply issues that faced by our members. Sometime, it’s very difficult to do the representative without the participation of our members. CWA can also provide you with new knowledge, professional development opportunities, mentoring opportunities, and solving your dilemmas!
As president of the CWA, I would like to invite you to get involved as a member, sponsor, contributor, and/or as part of our journey to move forward for a better services for our customers and Cambodian people who are waiting for the good quality of water inside their houses.
Best wishes,
UN YUTHY
About CWA
Cambodian Water Supply Association (CWA) is an independent, non-profit and non-political organization which brings together all private water suppliers in Cambodia and acts in the interest of the members of the Association.
The Cambodian Water Suppliers Association was established on December 28, 2011 by a group of private water supply operators and was officially registered by the Ministry of Interior on August 6, 2012.
To date, the Cambodian Water Suppliers Association has a total of 329 members, of which 285 professional members are private water operators, who provided pipe water that suppliers across 23 provinces in Cambodia, and 44 supporting members are private companies that supplies products related to Water tool.
CWA’s vision is for the Cambodian people everywhere can access clean and safe water in accordance to the Cambodian water quality standards.
CWA’s mission statement as per their statutes are:
- Support and promote mutual cooperation among private water operator in Cambodia
- Enhance knowledge and technical skills based upon leading practices in Cambodia.
- Encourage the sustainability expansion of water supply services in Cambodia by private water operators.
- Coordinate and encourage as well as build mutual understanding with all the related sector at local and international level
- A resource center of technical training support and business management to Domestic Private Water Operators (DPWOs) enable them to assure the sustainability and standardize water supply to Cambodian people
- Enhance the capacity of water operators and provide assistance for loan preparation from financial institution
- Represent the interest of DPWOs and assist their works with the government, developmental partners, and private sector.
- An information center of the clean water sector and sharing center of professional practices among private water operators in Cambodia
Create and enable an environment of collaboration and learning among private water operators or national and international stakeholders in the water sector irrespective to their political affiliation.