Law on Clean Water Supply Management 2023.

This Law provides rules for the management and development of clean water supply in Cambodia in order to ensure quality, safety, and affordability of clean water supply services. It provides a legal framework for commercial water supply throughout the country. The management of clean water supply services shall be under the jurisdiction of the ministry in charge of the clean water sector (Ministry of Industry, Science, Technology and Innovation). The Clean Water Development Fund is established to ensure the maintenance, improvement, and development of clean water supply services in an effective and sustainable manner, especially in developing and remote areas. A natural or legal person that wishes to operate clean water supply services in a specific area of Cambodia shall apply for a licence and a clean water supply service certificate to be obtained from the responsible ministry. The Act sets out the conditions for obtaining a licence. The applicant must also have a permit to conduct a feasibility study. The implementation of a public infrastructure project (including a clean water supply project) must also comply with the provisions of the Law on Public Private Partnership of 2021, which requires the investor to enter into PPP contract/implementation agreement with the Ministry.