Around 51% of the population living in all urban centers has access to safe drinking. The Water Supply Authorities (WSA) of these urban centers increased their supply capacity based on people's actual needs. Drinking water supply capacity has increased significantly over the last decades. In 2009, around 90% of Phnom Penh's population had access to safe drinking water. 17,590 poor households, many female-headed households, received support through a policy of subsidised charges for water use based on their income (RGC, 2010 and 2014). From 2008 to 2012, the coverage rate of piped water supply in urban areas increased from 52% in 2008 to 68.5% in 2012, except Phnom Penh, which had a coverage rate of 85% in 2012. Over the same period, the number of urban households having access to safe water supply increased from 269,755 to 400,181. In 2020, 21% of the population cannot get safe drinking water in under a 30-minute roundtrip. In total, 3.4 million people are still in need of basic access to safe water in Cambodia. Further expansion of the coverage of clean water supply to the rural and urban areas is conducted through the rigorous implementation of the National Strategy for Rural Water Supply and Sanitation (NSRWSS) (2011-2025).