Cleaner Safer Water Project In Cambodia

3. GOOD HEALTH

6. CLEAN WATER

8. WORK + ECONOMIC GROWTH

13. CLIMATE ACTION

15. LIFE ON LAND

Untreated water and poor sanitation cause an estimated 10 million cases of diarrhoea and 10,000 deaths each year, mostly in rural areas among children under the age of five. Between 2001 to 2018 Cambodia lost 2.17Mha of tree cover, equivalent to a 25% decrease in tree cover since 2000 and 914Mt of CO? emissions. By distributing over 600,000 ceramic water filters, Hydrologic has reached more than 1.5 million people, about 10% of the population across Cambodia and saves about 130,000 tonnes of CO2 every year, shifting customers away from using wood or charcoal and opting for another water treatment method.

Key impacts per year of project operation

• 90,000 tonnes of CO2 saved per year
• 300,000+ Filters distributed providing clean water to nearly two million Cambodians
• 74% of those who previously boiled water report less exposure to smoke