Friday, August 03, 2012

Boeung Tumpun in Phnom Penh - Photos and Video by Theary Seng

Boeung Tumpun-tur​ned sewage system for capital, growing fish and vegetables for the capital -- the heart (center) of Phnom Penh. The smell is so thick and tangible, that it will take a long shower to wash away the poisonous odor.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvt0KYwuCiw

What you see in the video:

Man fishing in poisonous wastes of Boeung Tumpum (All Photos: Theary Seng)
Poisonous wastes of Boeung Tumpum of Phnom Penh--the stink of the sewage enough to make a person faint


Black sewage wastes of Boeung Tumpum where thousands of families live, Phnom Penh
Filling up Boeung Tumpun, the other "Boeung Kak" also in Phnom Penh, and without creating sewage system for the capital--t​his Thursday
Filling up Boeung (lake) Tumpun
Vegetables and fishing in the black sewage lake (or, what is left) of Boeung Tumpun, immediatel​y across the street from other photos where land being filled in the once natural lake-turne​d massive sewage system for the capital
The water is as black and almost as thick as crude oil--the vegetables and fish are feeding the capital

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

By looking at the color of the water makes me irky in my mind. Yikes, what holiness is in this mess. No vegees for me if the source is not identify.

Anonymous said...

lots of organic protein contents.

Anonymous said...

I bet those houses have the toilets drop into that water as well, the sources of Hepatitis which is rampant in Cambodia.

The water vegetables is very lush and green but full of germs and the people take it to the markets every morning.


Baay Kdaing

Anonymous said...

99%Cambodian people are contains worms or tape worms,when I was I high school one of my professor said please wash your vegee very good or put some chemical liquid in the water,the reason the Cambodians are shitting in the field one worm has millions eggs stay on the field while the gardeners use the water from the washing fields by the rain the veggie field are green and look so yummy so be careful with the un inspected veggies in the our markets or make sure we are clean them very good before consume to the public or families