Many people in rural areas of Khanh Hoa Province previously have only well water to use. Since Khanh Hoa Center for Rural Water Supply and Environmental Sanitation put some water supply stations into operation, prospects of clean water use in the rural areas have been opened...
Many people in rural areas of Khanh Hoa Province previously have only well water to use. Since Khanh Hoa Center for Rural Water Supply and Environmental Sanitation put some water supply stations into operation, prospects of clean water use in the rural areas have been opened.
. Conveniences for rural residents
Dien Phuoc – Dien Lac – Dien Tho Water Supply, operating during the past several months, has heartened households in Dien Khanh District.
Nguyen Xuan Luan, a resident in Phuoc Luong, Dien Tho said that tap water really brought his family convenience because well water, which he had used before, sometimes went polluted or dry, not enough for his family’s use while tap water was always clean, even in the rainy season.
Many other households also want to replace well water by tap water. At present, tap water price is reasonable, VND3,300/m3.
Actually, clean water supplied by the provincial Center for Rural Water Supply and Environmental Sanitation makes users feel safe because the water always is deposited, filtered and decontaminated to meet clean water standards. It brings rural people a chance to use clean water like in urban areas, contributing urbanization process of the province.
. Many new water supply projects
The provincial Center for Rural Water Supply and Environmental Sanitation has put two water supply systems into operation, namely Dien Phuoc – Dien Lac – Dien Tho in Dien Khanh District and Ninh Xuan in Ninh Hoa District, according to Le Van Hung, director of the center.
Dien Phuoc – Dien Lac – Dien Tho water supply system invested VND1.45 billion can supply clean water for 4,500 households with a capacity of 60 liters/person/day. The other invested VND8.7 billion can supply water for nearly 10,000 users.
Tap-water also helps rural residents access modern home appliances like washing machine or water heater, gradually improving their living standards, added Hung.
At present, the center is building up two other water supply systems in Ninh Hoa District, including Ninh Binh – Ninh Quang – Ninh Hung (investment capital: VND26 billion and capacity: 2,008m3/day) and Ninh Trung – Ninh Than – Ninh Dong (investment capital: VND22 billion and capacity: 1,800m3/day). These works is scheduled to start operation in end 2011.
In 2012, the center plans to build a water supply station in Cam Lam District to supply clean water for three communes, namely Cam Hiep Bac, Cam Hiep Nam and Cam An Nam.
Khanh Hoa is striving to become a city directly under the central government in 2015, which requires 95% in rate of clean water using households. As a result, water supply projects surely will be made to improve living standards and hasten urbanization.
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