Families face water shortage as Banteay Meanchey river dries up
Share Families face water shortage as Banteay Meanchey river dries up Sun, 28 February 2021 More than 4,000 families in an urban area of Banteay Meanchey province’s Mongkol Borei district are facing clean water shortages as the Mongkol Borei River has dried up due to farmers over-pumping water to irrigate their dry-season rice crops, officials said. District governor Roth Da Sinong told The Post on February 28 that the Mongkol Borei River, which serves as the community’s primary water source, had recently gone dry. The local water utility company was now using water from a 2ha reserve pon...
Source: phnompenhpost.com