As it seems that many home owners in Vientiane don’t care about wastewater treatment or the quality of the water emanating from their houses, the problem of dirty drainage channels and pollution has continued to worsen.
A staffer at the Bremen Overseas Research and Development Association (BORDA), who asked not to be named, told Vientiane Times on Tuesday that households in the capital normally install septic tanks but do not set up treatment systems for other forms of liquid waste.
"It’s good that households use septic tanks because if they released human excrement into the drainage system the smell would be unpleasantly strong," he added.