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