Kubota Construction Co., Ltd., (a wholly owned subsidiary of Kubota Corporation: Head Office: Naniwa-ku, Osaka, Japan; President: Noriyuki Arakawa; hereinafter, “Company”) is pleased to announce that it has signed a contract for the Project for Expansion of the Water Supply System in Pursat City, Pursat Province, in the western region of the Kingdom of Cambodia.

This project is a part of an ODA Grant^* arrangement concluded between the Japanese and Cambodian governments in December 2019.

By making maximum use of its technology and know-how acquired over many years in the construction of water supply systems in Cambodia, the Company will help to provide Pursat City residents with a stable supply of safe potable water and improve their living environment.

• ODA Grants are a form of financial assistance whereby funds are provided to a developing country to support improvement and/or construction of facilities that are necessary for economic and social development.

1. Background and Objectives

• The Cambodian Government is progressing development of the nation’s water supply infrastructure with the goal of expanding water supplied population coverage of urban area from an average of about 35% in 2005 to 100% by 2025. Since 2007, the Japanese Government has been providing assistance, including technical support, for such infrastructure development in Cambodia.
• Expanding water supply facilities is a pressing challenge, given that, as of 2018, water supplied population coverage was only about 38% of the population (approx. 100,000 people) in the water-supply area in Pursat City and that the city’s only water treatment facility has a low supply capacity and a limited network of water distribution piping.
• This project, which will construct a water intake facility, raw water conveyance pipeline, water treatment facility, and water transmission and distribution piping network in Pursat, is expected to expand coverage in the city’s water-supply area to around 68%.

2. Project Outline

Project name	Project for Expansion of Water Supply System in Pursat
Project owner	Ministry of Industry, Science, Technology and Innovation (MISTI), Kingdom of Cambodia
Project term	25 months
Overview of work	Facilities	Water intake facility (capacity: 7,260m3/day) Raw water conveyance facility (8.3km water conveyance pipeline: 350mm diameter ductile iron pipe) Water treatment facility (method: rapid sand filtration; capacity: 6,600m3/day) Water transmission and distribution facilities (2,200m3 capacity distribution reservoir, etc.) Water distribution piping network (300-400mm diameter ductile iron pipe and 50-250mm diameter high density polyethylene pipe; total length 75.4km)
	Materials procurement	water quality analysis equipment, and materials and equipment for connecting water supply pipes
Contract value	1.99 billion yen

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