Base Data of Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority

Section 1. Contact Information

1.1 Contact Name:
Sonn Chan, , Ek
1.2 Title:
General Director
1.3 Mailing Address:
Phnom PenhWater Supply Authority 12201Phnom Penh, Cambodia
1.4 Telephone:
+855 11 779 779 , +855 23 724 046
1.5 Fax:
+855 23 724 046
1.6 Email Address:
eksonnchan@ppwsa.com.kh

Section 2. Water Supply Utility General Information

2.1 Utility Full Name:
Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority
2.2 Utility short name or acronym:
PPWSA
2.3 Country:
Cambodia
2.4 Region / State / Province:
Phnom Penh
2.5 Principal city / town:
Phnom Penh
2.6 Type of services provided by the utility
  • piped water supply services
2.7 Type of water utility: State owned enterprise operating under commercial law
2.8 Extent of private sector involvement in your utility:
  • service contract(s)

Section 3: Service Area

3.1 Size of Utility’s area of Responsibility:
375.00 km2
3.2 Size of Utility’s present service area:
326.00 km2
3.3 Population of Utility’s area of responsibility:
1,200,000 persons
3.4 Population of Utility’s present service area:
1,000,000 persons
3.5 Population served by the Utility with piped water supply:
1,000,000 persons
3.6 Number of towns served with piped water:
1

Section 4. Infrastructure Description

4.1 Source(s) of raw water
 
  • direct river abstraction
4.2 Main methods of treatment used
  • disinfection
  • filtration
  • floculation and sedimentation
4.3 Capacity of production systems:
185,000 m3/day
4.4 Length of water distribution network:
921 km
4.5 Capacity of storage in network:
20,000 m3
4.6 Piped water supply connections:
Domestic (Households)
89,400
Non Domestic (industrial, commercial, institutional, other)
16,600
TOTAL
106,000
4.7 Number of connections with operating water meters:
106,000
4.8 Typical length of service pipe from main to water meter:
8.00 m

Section 5. Water Consumption & Production

5.1 Volume of water produced by the Utility:
48.00 million m3 / year
5.2 Volume of water bought in bulk from other utility / company:
0.00 million m3 / year
5.3 Volume of water metered:
40.08 million m3 / year
5.4 Estimated un-metered consumption:
5.5 Estimated un-metered consumption due to meter inaccuracy:
5.6 Volume of water billed / sold:
Domestic (Households)
24.82 million m3 / year
Non Domestic (industrial, commercial, institutional, other)
15.26 million m3 / year
Bulk water sales
0.00 million m3 / year
TOTAL
40.08 million m3 / year

Section 6. Water Supply System Performance

6.1 Number of customers who received intermittent supply:
0 connections
6.2 Typical duration of supply:
24.0 hours / day
6.3 Typical mains water pressure in your pipe network:
20.00 metres
6.4 Number of water pipe breaks in the distribution network:
772 # / year
6.5 Required no. of tests of treated water for residual chlorine:
2,550 # / year
6.6 No.of tests of treated water for residual chlorine carried out:
2,500 # / year
6.7 No.of tests of treated water for residual chlorine passed:
2,400 # / year

Section 7. Staff

7.1 Who does the work in your company:
  • permanent staff – salaried Government employees
  • contracted out to outside company / agency
7.2 Number of Full Time Equivalent (FTE) staff in the company:
Corporate Services (Management, Admin, Finance, Technical, etc.)
115
Water Supply (O&M, Customer Services, Support Services, etc)
421
Other non water supply (e.g. wastewater, drainage, environment)
0
TOTAL
536
7.3 No. of staff that participated in at least one training event during the year:
46 staff
7.4 Total no. of training days (? (participants x training event duration)) in the year:
6670 days
7.5 Proportion of total operating budget used for HRD:
3.10%

Section 8. Customers

8.1 No. of new customers connected to water supply system during the year:
17,142 # / year
8.2 Number of customer complaints recorded during the year:
5,304 # / year
8.3 Means by which customer can make a recorded complaint
  • in person
  • by telephone
  • by PPWSA’s staff, mainly collectors
8.4 How does the Utility find out the views of its customers
  • from customer interactions (letters, telephone calls, enquiry counter, etc.)
  • by responding to customer complaints
  • from customer surveys, questionnaires, etc.
  • Customer Education Program and Water for the Poor Program
8.5 Typically what is the connection charge for new customers:
  local currency US$
Domestic (Households) 338,400.00 87.90
Non Domestic (industrial, commercial, institutional, other) 1,252,570.00 325.34
8.6 Typically what is the water supply fixed charge / month:
  local currency US$
Domestic (Households)
Non Domestic (industrial, commercial, institutional, other)
Bulk water sales
8.7 Typically what is the water tariff for metered consumption:
Tariff Block
Domestic
Non Domestic
Bulk water sales
From
To
Cost/m3
From
To
Cost/m3
From
To
Cost/m3
(m3/month)
(m3/month)
KHR
US$
(m3/month)
(m3/month)
KHR
US$
(m3/month)
(m3/month)
KHR
US$
1
zero <=8 550 0.14 zero <=100 950 0.25 zero <=
2
>8 <=16 770 0.20 >100 <=200 1150 0.30 > <=
3
>16 <=50 1010 0.26 >200 <=500 1350 0.35 > <=
4
>50   1270 0.33 >500   1450 0.38 >  
8.8 Monthly water bill for a household consuming 6 m3 of water / month:
KHR
US$
3630 0.94

Section 9. Finance

9.1 Water supply revenue of the company:
 
KHR
US$
Water sales (consumption related & fixed charges)
47,615,000,000.00
12,367,532.47
Other water related revenue (e.g. materials sales, construction, etc.)
9,107,000,000.00
2,365,454.55
Subsidies and grants from Government & other sources
0.00
0.00
TOTAL
56,722,000,000.00
14,732,987.01
9.2 Year end Accounts Receivable:
KHR
US$
3,222,000,000.00 836,883.12
9.3 Operating (recurrent) expenses of the company:
 
KHR
US$
Water Supply Operating Expenses
16,800,000,000.00
4,363,636.36
Other services (e.g. drainage, wastewater)
0.00
0.00
Company Overhead (Corporate Expenses)
656,000,000.00
170,389.61
TOTAL
17,456,000,000.00
4,534,025.97
9.4 Water supply operating expenses of the company:
 
KHR
US$
Labour Costs
3,226,000,000.00
837,922.08
Electricity
5,918,000,000.00
1,537,142.86
Chemicals & other Materials
827,000,000.00
214,805.19
Contracted out services
5,753,000,000.00
1,494,285.71
Other
1,076,000,000.00
279,480.52
TOTAL
16,800,000,000.00
4,363,636.36

Section 10. Capital Investment

10.1 Principal source of funds for investment in the last 5 years:
  • loan from ODA sources
10.2 Gross fixed asset value including works in progress:
 
KHR
US$
Water Supply Assets
71,755,000,000
18,637,662
Other services (e.g. drainage, wastewater)
0
0
Corporate Assets
2,800,000,000
727,273
TOTAL
74,555,000,000
19,364,935
10.3 Total debt servicing cost per year:
KHR
US$
40,009,000,000 10,391,948

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