Visiting Water Treatment Stations

Today we got our first insight into a fullly operational water treatment station. The first station was Preytoch (meaning small forest) which is set up in an orphanage. Clean water is provided for the children and this means they do not have to buy it and they can sell the considerable extra treated water to the locals around the village for a profit.

The second was much bigger and all the water was sold in the local area. It produced on average 100 bottle/day (20l bottles) which provides for 600 families. Each station used different sources of water, the first being a shallow well and the second was sourced from a very dubious looking river.

We now have better idea of the logistics of the program which is invaluable for the work we will be doing in the coming months.

As we visit stations we are taking GPS readings to map existing locations accurately which Teuk Saat have so far been unable to do.

 Us with the operators at the first station

On the way back to Battambang we stopped at a Pagoda to take some pictures. Chay Lo also explained a bit about how they contribute to the communities providing education and housing to people who can't afford it. We geeked out on the architecture, this photo is just one of 40... on Hiba's camera!

Sinead and Hiba