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HCM City allocates 200 million USD for clean water project

The People's Committee of HCM City recently approved a 4.37 trillion VND (200 million USD) project to construct and manage a clean water supply system in the suburban Cu Chi district.
The People's Committee of HCM City recently approved a 4.37 trillionVND (200 million USD) project to construct and manage a clean watersupply system in the suburban Cu Chi district.

The Saigon WaterInfrastructure Corporation (Saigon Water) will manage the project set tobegin this July and last till December 2019.

The first phase ofthe project, running from now through the end of this year, involves theconstruction of water supply networks linking the Kenh Dong water plantwith Cu Chi and ten other nearby communes.

They will alsoinstall water filtration systems and water metres for each household andalongside water tanks in areas not currently connected to a waternetwork.

Six existing groundwater treatment stations in An NhonTay, Pham Van Coi, Phuoc Thanh, Thai My, Trung An and Trung Lap Hacommunes will undergo renovation and a new Binh My 2 groundwatertreatment station will be built.

The first phase is supposed to benefit more than 98,400 local families in the district.

Whenthe networks are completely connected during the second phase from 2016to 2019, all 53,100 households are expected to have running water andwater meters.-VNA
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