A wastewater treatment station will be built in Thuan An town in southern Binh Duong province in a bid to improve the local water environment.

Document to implement the project was signed on December 25 between the Binh Duong Water Supply and Environment Co. Ltd (BIWASE) and a Japanese contractor.

The plant, which has a daily capacity of 17,000 cu.m will be constructed as part of the second phase of a JICA-funded project on improving the water environment in the southern areas of Binh Duong province.

BIWASE General Director Nguyen Van Thien said the second phase of the project with a total investment of nearly 6.4 trillion VND (304.7 million USD) aims to build a 350km long sewer system to collect wastewater in Thuan An town and a number of wards inThu Dau Mot city.

Domestic wastewater taken from residential areas is treated at the facility before discharging into the environment, to protect public health and the water resource in Sai Gon – Dong Nai river basin.

In the first phase of the project, a similar plant with a daily capacity of 17,560 cu.m was built at nearly 2 trillion VND (94.5 billion USD), benefiting 13,000 households in Thu Dau Mot city.-VNA