[ITC-Phnom Penh], On 24 November 2023, Faculty of Hydrology and Water Resources Engineering, welcomed the delegation from Teaching and Research Chair AgroParisTech – SUEZ “Water for All – General management of water and sanitation services” for their training mission of ADVANCED MASTER’S “Water for All” – OpT for the K-OpT case study “Water and Sanitation in Phnom Penh” which aims to analyze the past and recent situation of 8 themes (institutional, governance, technical, administrative, financial, legal, commercial, human resource) on water and sanitation in Phnom Penh, as well as to define a strategic action plan of the structure, to consolidate the performance of the sector in the medium term (10 years). The 15 manager trainees are managers in the water sector from different countries such as Ghana, Palestine, Uzbekistan, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Pakistan, Kenya, Georgia.
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ITC supporting to the NAPV to conduct the study on sustainable water resources management in Koh Ker and Preah Vihear Heritage Site
Institute of Technology of Cambodia (ITC) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the National Authority for Preah Vihear (NAPV), and one of the commitments is to support the research study on sustainable water resources management in Koh Ker and Preah Vihear Heritage Site. Currently, ITC and NAPV are jointly conducting a study to characterize the water resources profile for the catchment where located the heritage sites and this forms the basis for the activity plan of research in 2023-2024. This is the first joint research activity and it covers 5 main topics as below. As per the next step, we are preparing to join the ICC meeting (8-11 December 2023) by presenting the research plan and progress results.
(1) Planning atlas
(2) Hydraulic infrastructure system
(3) Water resource utilization
(4) Natural disasters
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វិទ្យាស្ថានបច្ចេកវិទ្យាកម្ពុជា បានរៀបចំសិក្ខាសាលាស្តីពី “វិជ្ជាជីវៈ និងការអប់រំលើវិស័យទឹក៖ យុទ្ធសាស្ត្រសម្រាប់ជំនាញ និរន្តរភាព និងភាពជាដៃគូ”
វិទ្យាស្ថានបច្ចេកវិទ្យាកម្ពុជា (សាលាតិចណូ) បានរៀបចំសិក្ខាសាលាស្តីពី “វិជ្ជាជីវៈ និងការអប់រំលើវិស័យទឹក៖ យុទ្ធសាស្ត្រសម្រាប់ជំនាញ និរន្តរភាព និងភាពជាដៃគូ” និងការប្រជុំគណៈកម្មាធិការវិជ្ជាជីវៈសិក្សា Academic Professional Committee (APC) ក្រោមគម្រោង INOWASIA ដែលជាគម្រោងបង្កើនសម្ថភាពឧត្តមសិក្សាក្រោមក្របខ័ណ្ឌ ERASMUS Plus CBHE សហការឧត្ថម្ភគាំទ្រដោយសហភាពអឺរ៉ុប។ សិក្ខាសាលានេះបានប្រព្រឹត្តទៅនៅថ្ងៃទី១៣ និងទី១៤ ខែវិច្ឆកា ឆ្នាំ២០២៣ នៅវិទ្យាស្ថានបច្ចេកវិទ្យាកម្ពុជា រាជធានីភ្នំពេញ។ លោក សូយ ទី នាយករងនៃវិទ្យាស្ថានបច្ចេកវិទ្យាកម្ពុជាបានចូលជាសហអធិបតីថ្លែងស្វាគមន៍ និងបើកសិក្ខាសិលា ជាមួយលោកស្រី Flora BERTIZZOLO ជាប្រធានគ្រប់គ្រងកម្មវិធីសម្រាប់ការអប់រំ និងជំនាញ នៃប្រតិភូសហភាពអឺរ៉ុបប្រចាំកម្ពុជា និងលោកសាស្រ្តាចារ្យ Ignasi RODRIGUEZ-RODA LAYRET ដែលជាប្រធានសម្របសម្រួលគម្រោង INOWASIA មកពីសាកលវិទ្យាល័យជីរ៉ូណា University of Girona នៃប្រទេសអេស្ប៉ាញ។ សិក្ខាសាលានេះមានគោលបំណងដើម្បីផ្តល់ឱកាសអោយអ្នកជំនាញធ្វើការលើវិស័យទឹក មកពីសាកលវិទ្យាល័យក្នុងស្រុកនិងតំបន់អាស៊ីអាគ្នេយ៍ និងអឺរ៉ុប ក្រុមហ៊ុនជាតិនិងអន្តរជាតិ អង្គភាពរដ្ឋ និងអង្គការក្រៅរដ្ឋាភិបាលចំនួនជាង៤០ស្ថានប័នធ្វើការពាក់ព័ន្ធលើវិស័យទឹក ស្វែងយល់អំពីបច្ចុប្បន្នភាពនៃការអប់រំឧត្តមសិក្សាលើជំនាញទឹក និងបរិស្ថានក្នុងតំបន់និងអឺរ៉ុប និងចូលរួមពិភាក្សាអំពីការបណ្តុះបណ្តាលសម្រាប់ជំនាញសតត្សទី២១ ការអនុវត្ត Problem Based Learning (PBL) ការទទួលនិស្សិតចុះកម្មសិក្សា ការផ្តល់ឱកាសការងារដំបូង ការស្វែងរកភាពខ្វះចន្លោះនៃជំនាញសម្រាប់វិជ្ជាជីវៈទឹក ការអនុវត្តអោយមានប្រសិទ្ធភាពនៃមន្ទីរពិសោធន៍សកម្មផ្តោតលើទឹក Water-oriented Living Labs (WoLL) អោយមានទំនាក់ទំនងកាន់តែប្រសើរនៅក្នុងតំបន់ដើម្បីចូលរួមដំណោះស្រាយបញ្ហាទឹក និងបរិស្ថានប្រកបដោយភាពច្នៃប្រឌិត និងមាននិរន្តរភាព។ តាមរយៈគម្រោង INOWASIA យើងបានបង្កើតគណៈកម្មាធិការវិជ្ជាជីវៈសិក្សាហៅកាត់ថា APC ការអប់រំលើវិស័យទឹក ដែលមានសមាជិកពីអង្គភាពរដ្ឋ អង្គការ និងក្រុមហ៊ុនឯកជន និងប្តេជ្ញាចិត្តបន្តប្រើប្រាស់ គណៈកម្មាធិការនេះដើម្បីបន្តរួមចំណែកធ្វើឱ្យប្រសើរឡើងនូវកម្មវិធីសិក្សា តាមរយៈការផ្តល់មតិយោបល់លើការអភិវឌ្ឍកម្មវិធីសិក្សាលើវិស័យទឹកនិងបរិស្ថានជាបន្តបន្ទាប់ដើម្បីឆ្លើយតបនឹងតម្រូវការទីផ្សារការងារលើវិស័យនេះ។ពត៌មានបន្ថែមអំពីគម្រោង៖ https://inowasia.com/
https://www.tvk.gov.kh/?p=41570&fbclid=IwAR0yfzxl1m1Fqp7YlZz4RJ6DH5lOcsEUseQiofL_FhZ0J2hAWj5PC9PCtNE
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Workshop on Water Professional and Education in SEA: Strategies for Skills, Sustainability, and Partnership
Don’t miss out on the Grand Finale!
The grand finale of the Erasmus+ INOWASIA Project is all about igniting a dynamic week of sustainability, innovation, and water transformation. It’s the culmination of years of hard work, dedication, and visionary thinking. Get ready to share electrifying energy, visionary ideas, and impactful collaborations that will redefine the future of water innovation!
13th – 14th November 2023
at the Institute of Technology of Cambodia – សាលាតិចណូ
Erasmus+ INOWASIA Project
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A meeting between HRE of ITC and CAPRED – Cambodia Australia Partnership for Resilient Economic Development
Following the study tour organized by CAPRED for I4-WEE students to visit Mr. Dy Piseth’s water supply station in Kampong, Dr. CHHUON Kong, and colleagues of the faculty of Hydrology and Water Resources Engineering (HRE) at ITC had a meeting with Ms. TIN Mola, infrastructure lead from CAPRED at Faculty office on July 19th, 2023.
After introducing the background of CAPRED and the Faculty to each other, Dr. Kong his colleagues have shared the challenges of education on water supply engineering at the faculty on 1) water supply engineering student’s practices in the lab and in water operators , 2) real job market need and salary for fresh graduate of water supply engineer, and 3) Women in water supply engineering. Both parties discussed about collaborations including GEDSI and youth participation in WASH sector, a new associate program in water supply, and the new set up lab for water supply and plumbing at ITC. Both parties acknowledge the need to engage more engineering students in the water supply sector. Ms. Mola agreed to consider the possibility of coordinating the students to do internships at water supply systems with the support of CAPRED. Dr. Kong proposed that in order to close the gap on lacking of human resource with correct skill in water supply sector, we should work together with all relevant stakeholders to map out the human resource needed by all water operators in the country and keep updating the information to be used by academic intuitions for matching between real need and real supply.
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Video of the Outdoor Activity of GRU Students in Water and Environmental Engineering Program
Faculty of Hydrology and Water Resources Engineering (GRU),
Coastal and Wetland Environment Research Laboratory (CWE Lab)Fieldwork at the Experimental Site of Water Oriented Living Lab. (WOLL)
In Prek Sdey Commune, Koh Thom District, Kandal Province, 05th January 2023.CWE Lab. of the Institute of Technology of Cambodia (ITC) is implementing the collaborative project called COSTEA on the “Understanding and Managing the Cambodian Floodplains: The Preks of Kandal Province” with the Institut de recherche pour le développement (IRD) funded by the Agence Française de Développement (AFD). And through the INOWASIA project “Development of innovative multilevel formation programs for the new water leading professionals in South East Asia”, ITC is working to improve the curriculum, building up the teaching capacity, get staff and student mobility, and equipment for living lab. Particularly, the Faculty of Hydrology and Water Resources Engineering (GRU) implementing the concept of Water Oriented Living Lab (WOLL), and it uses the CWE Lab. as the model which is co-designed together with IRD and integrated with the field monitoring site of COSTEA project which is called Experimental Site of Water Oriented Living Lab.
With all collaborative effort, GRU conducted this fieldwork at the Experimental Site of WOLL which is aimed to engage more the students in WOLL and to provide them with the opportunity to learn from real situation, monitoring equipment and tools and to conduct the actual practices in complement to the knowledge learned in the classes. Another purpose of this fieldwork is to promote the educational program of Water and Environmental Engineering at ITC. These activities were conducted during the special mission of INOWASIA project coordinator from Spain to Cambodia, Prof. Dr. Ignasi Rodríguez-Roda from University of Girona, and Dr. Antonina Torrens, from Fundació Solidaritat Universitat de Barcelona (FSUB).
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2nd HYDRO-GEOPHYSICS TRAINING
INTRODUCTION TO ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY TOMOGRAPHY
An HYDRO-GEOPHYSICS TRAINING SCHOOL under the project of PSF “HGP Mekong”,
Trainer: Marc Descloitres, IGE-IRD, main lecturer for the training school, senior geophysicist
March 6th – 10th, 2023 @Institute of Technology of Cambodia
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Outdoor activity of GRU students Fieldwork at the Experimental Site of Water Oriented Living Lab. (WOLL)
Fieldwork activity (Outdoor education): The idea is to integrate between class work and real experiment on Water and Environmetal Engineering class by performing series of the field practices and measurement including water flow velocity and discharge measurement, In-situ water quality measurement, Groundwater level measurement, Practical work with DGPS and data collection and maintenance the equipment installed in the field. There are 26 students of Water and Environmental Engineering (WEE), 11 Lecturers/researchers (Khmer, French, Spain). We also making video of activity. Let’s wait to see!
Location of Activity In Prek Sdey Commune, Koh Thom District, Kandal Province. The activity is supportes by InowAsia project and COSTEA project of ITC. 05th January 2023,
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Coastal and Wetland Environment Research Laboratory (CWE)
The activity of the Water Oriented Living Lab. at ITC through the InowAsia project
This research activity is carried out by the research team at the Coastal and Wetland Environment Research Laboratory (CWE) which is used for Water Oriented Living Lab. (WOLL). WOLL is formed under the project InowAsia: Development of innovative multilevel formation programs for the new water leading professionals in South East Asia, which is a project of Erasmus+ under action “Capacity Building for Higher Education”, co-funded by Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union. The research team of CWE consists of
1. Dr. PEN Sytharith, Lecturer-researcher from ITC
2. Dr. DOUNG Ratha, Lecturer-researcher from ITC
3. Dr. Sylvan MASSUEL, Senior researcher from IRD, G-eau lab.
4. Dr. EANG Khyeam, Lecturer-researcher from ITC
5. Dr. CHHUON Kong, Lecturer-researcher from ITC
6. Mr. LUN Sambo, Lecturer-researcher from ITCHydrogeochemical Evolution of Groundwater in the Coastal Area of Cambodia
This research is in support of the 4C-Water project “Water Evolution and Vulnerability Under Global Changes in Coastal Catchments of Cambodia” co-funded by JEAI program of IRD.
Groundwater is typically regarded as more reliable and accessible than surface water in Cambodia. As Sihanoukville is undergoing tremendous urbanization, it is estimated to reach water scarcity in this region. Thus, the aim of this study is to investigate groundwater flow, aquifer layers, and their interaction with surface water in order to provide support for the estimation of water availability in this area. The boundary of this study is focused only on the coastal area, which is in the southern part of Sihanoukville, Cambodia. The data input of this study was recorded for three years from 2020 – 2022.
Geological map of the study area with sampling location along the coastal zone of Sihanoukville Site Description:
- Lies between latitudes 10ᵒ 30’ 0” N to 11ᵒ 0’ 0” N and longitudes 103ᵒ 30’ 0” E to 104ᵒ 0’ 0” E, the total area of 1546 km2
- Well depth varies from 1.71 to 200 m
- Groundwater samples collected in 2020, 2021, and 2022 were 41, 42, and 43, respectively
- Geology: sandstone and claystone with laterite layers at certain parts of Sihanoukville and Kbal Chhay region
- Altitude ranges between 3 to 860 masl
Sample collection and sample analysis in the field The present study has proved that the application of hydraulic head in conjunction with the isotopic composition of water under supplementary electrical conductivity enables us to constrain the groundwater flow path, groundwater interaction between aquifers and with surface water, as well as propose the sources of groundwater pollution in the specific area of the coastal region of Sihanoukville. The study found that the hydraulic head varies between 0.5 and 104.6 masl in which groundwater flows toward the sea. In addition, the isotopic compositions of the groundwater are in the range of -7.37 to -3.86 for δ18O, and -47.0 to -23.1 for δ2H. The study found that a few areas located quite near the shoreline with low hydraulic head are suspected to be intruded by seawater. In addition, it was found that the investigated deep wells are all types of sandstone aquifers which are separated from shallow wells by at least one confined layer (aquitard), suggesting that there are at least two types of aquifers (confined and unconfined aquifers) in the study area. In addition, shallow and deep wells with the same geological formation are found to be connected (vertical flow). The evidence from geological formations, hydraulic heads, and stable isotopes supplemented by water electrical conductivity indicates that there is an interaction between the groundwater and surface water in which groundwater feeds the stream.
Stable Isotopes:
o The isotopic values of groundwater samples vary in range -7.37 ‰ – -3.86 ‰ for δ18O, and -47.0 ‰ – -23.1 ‰ for δ2H
o No significant evaporation in most groundwater samples.
–> isolated-from-surface water processes
o Two groundwater samples (F3W31 and F4W05) are below the line
–> possibility of the mixing with seawater or there is an interaction with surface water
Finally, the data obtained from this study can be used as input for further study on the hydrogeological conceptual model of the aquifer. Additionally, it also provides geological information on the existing wells, which will contribute significantly to water resource management tools such as long-term aquifer monitoring networks. The findings of this study play a key role in groundwater quality evaluation as they provide the basic concept of groundwater flow and its interaction, which helps to judge the guilty party that affects the groundwater quality in the study area.
Coastal and Wetland Environment Research Laboratory (CWE) of ITC
Water Oriented Living Lab. under the project InowAsia: Development of innnovative multilevel formation programs for the new water leading professionals in South East Asia
Fieldwork for data collection in Sihanoukville
