History

Champasak Province is located in the southern part of the Lao People's Democratic Republic. It is geographically composed of 10 districts: Pakse, Pathumphone, Khong, Munlapamok, Sukhum, Champasak, Sanasomboon, Phonethong, Bachiangchaleunsuk and Paksong. 
In 2018, Pakse was divided into nine administrative districts and an area of ​​15,415 square kilometers, with a population of more than 700,000 people, of which more than 300,000 were women Champassak Province was the historical territory of the Khmer or ancient Khmer people during the 4th-9th centuries. When the Khmer Rouge came to power in the 10th-12th centuries, the Lao people who migrated from southern China reunited and coexisted with the Khmer people, after King Ngum reunited the lands of the Champa or Champasak Kingdom of the Lane Xang Kingdom until the 18th century. The western part of Champassak Province is a plain along the Mekong River, with vast rice fields, making Champasak a rice paddy, one of the richest lands in Lao PDR. Therefore, Champasak Province is an area with important natural resources and history from ancient times, such as the stone temple of Vat Phu, Khon Pha Pheng, waterfalls and others that have the potential to attract tourists to visit Champasak.
 
The Water Supply Project was first developed in Pakse in 1971 by the Vientiane Water Supply Authority with the support of the French government and started providing water to the people on 01/6/1973. With a capacity of 7,500 ha / day, the construction cost is 1,459,289 USD on behalf of Lao Water Supply Company, Champassak Branch under the supervision of Mr. Khamsone Amphai, which has 26 staff and technical staff and only 539 people in the service area have access to tap water. In the period 1974-1975, Mr. Savath Nou Keo was in charge of water supply work, which was a transitional period before and after the liberation of the country, After the country was liberated in 1975-1986, under the leadership of Mr. Joom yomthaSombath, the business was supportive, there was no expansion of the pipeline system and other facilities because the government lacked the budget to develop such work.

From 1987 to 2012, Mr. Intong Phanthanivong was the director, the government has a policy and strategic plan for the development of water supply by merging water supply activities throughout the country into the Lao Water Supply Company in 1992 with the head office in Vientiane, with the capital. According to the policy, the Lao Water Supply Company of Champassak branch has been involved in the implementation of water projects in four southern provinces, which have received loans from the Asian Development Bank, including Pakse district.

Funded 4,831,191.14. USD to increase production capacity from 7,500 m3 / day to 15,000 m3 / day, as well as to expand the pipeline system and facilities; Launched in 1996,

By 1998, the government had a policy of decentralizing power by locating water supply activities throughout the country to the provincial administration under the direction of the Provincial Department of Public Works and Transport, called the Champasak Provincial Water Supply Enterprise. Since then, the State Water Supply Enterprise of Champassak Province has had a project to expand the service area to other districts with the assistance of the international organization: In 20OO, Pakse district received a grant from the Norwegian Development Organization (NORAD) to expand the pipeline system, facilities and completed the construction. In 2002 the total construction cost was 11,313,972 NOK

2001 Received a loan from the Asian Development Bank (Small Town Water Supply and Sanitation Project) to expand the service area to Phonethong district with a capacity of 2,100 m / day with a system of water supply from the Mekong River to produce for the people in the district with the system and distribution system.

Completed construction and started service in 2006 at a total cost of 1,391,346.59 USD; Expand the service area to Khong district with a capacity of 440 m / day with a pumping system from the groundwater.

Produced to serve the people in the district with the pipeline system - distribution and facilities, completed construction and began service in 2006 at a total cost of 510,881.10 USD.

Later in 2012-2015, the State Water Supply Enterprise of Champasak Province, under the guidance of Mr. Khamane Visathep, was in the process of preparing documents for the development of water supply works in collaboration with the private sector and various projects to support future capacity building and cooperation.

From 2016 to the present, under the guidance of Mr. Kaikham Suvanamethy, who received a grant from the NEDA project. To improve the water supply system from the groundwater system in Khong district with arsenic problems, to build a new water treatment plant in Phu Khieu with a pumping system from the Mekong River to serve the people in Khong district with production capacity 720 m/days in total construction cost 37,136,256 TH, Currently, 10,123 people in Khong district in the service area have access to tap water, accounting for 52%, as well as Champassak district. Dontalat village area received a loan from the Asian Development Bank (Small Town Water Supply and Sanitation Project) with a capacity of 2,830 m / day with pipeline and facilities, completed construction and commissioned in 2016, construction cost 2,220,000 USD. Currently, 16,929 people in Champasak district in the service area have access to tap water, accounting for 49%.

 Then, the State Water Supply Enterprise of Champassak Province has improved its working method model by increasing the expansion of service area, modern management, capacity building for employees and improving the factory system and so on.

-Improved and expanded 8,700 water pipelines and distribution pipelines in Pakse, covering 16,617 families who have used tap water worth 8,409,190,000 Kip 

-Improve and expand water pipelines and distribution pipelines to 64,478 meters, covering 4,080 families who have used tap water, worth 8,136,774,000 kip -Improve and expand water pipeline and distribution pipeline in Khong district with 30,553 meters, covering 5,081 families who have used tap water, total value 5,252,461,000 kip -Improve and expand water pipeline and distribution pipeline in Phonethong district with 49,209 meters, covering 1,745 families who have used water supply worth 3,861,030,000 Kip -Improve and expand water pipeline and distribution pipeline in Champasak district, expand the pipeline to 19,793 meters, covering 10,702 families using tap water worth 5,960,174,000 kip

-In addition, in terms of asset management and customer database development, the Champasak Water Supply Enterprise has implemented a GIS system to increase efficiency in the management of information quickly and modernly.

 Due to the expansion of the business, the number of employees of the State Water Supply Enterprise has increased to 219, compared to 193 people who started the water supply business, and 120,288 people throughout the province in the service area have access to water supply, Compared to the previous increase of 119,749 people, accounting for 63%, and in the future there are plans to expand water supply activities to districts that do not have running water, such as: Pathumphone District, Munlapamok District, Sukhuma District, Sanasomboon District, Bachiangchaleunsuk District and Pakxong District In line with the government's strategy set out from 2025 to 2030, people in the service area will have access to 80% or more of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals or SDGs.

The Provincial Water Supply Enterprise of Champasak Province has a modern factory system with international standards, with several production steps as follows: - Pump water from the Mekong River and leave it in the reservoir, then the water will flow into the tank slowly and the tank is mixed with acid to help create sediment, Then the water will flow into the reservoir, the sediment will sink to the bottom of the basin, and the water above the surface will flow into the clear water basin with three layers of rock and sand, After that, the filtered water will flow into the reservoir and is in the process of analyzing the quality of 23 kinds of tap water according to the management of drinking water and water quality standards issued by the Ministry of Health (No. 561 / ST, dated 27 February

The water will then be sent to a reservoir to be distributed to offices, government agencies, the private sector and the public.

In terms of services, the Champasak Water Supply Enterprise has improved its modern services to be in line with the current era and to have transparency and convenience for customers who use the services. 1. Payment for water supply and water installation through BCEL One, LDB Mobile Banking, tablet system, Lao Development Bank and Lao-Viet Bank.