Ho Chi Minh City and t he JapanInternational Cooperation Agency (JICA) began work on the upgrade of asewage treatment factory in Binh Chanh district on February 7.
Theproject has a total investment of 2.8 trillion VND (133 million USD),including the construction of a sewage treatment area, mud treatmentzone and electrical supply system.
Under the project, the BinhHung sewage treatment factory’s capacity will increase almost threetimes, from the current 141,000 cu.m per day and night to 469,000 cu.m,ensuring the treatment of waste water discharged from districts 4, 5, 6,8, 10 and 11 and reducing water pollution in the Tau Hu-Ben Nghe canal.
Construction is expected to take 54 months.
Accordingto Deputy Chairman of the city’s People’s Committee Nguyen Huu Tin,this project has the largest scale and is the most important of the fiveconstruction projects to upgrade the city’s water environment.
Oncethe five projects are completed, all waste water previously dischargedinto the Tau Hu- Ben Nghe canal will be collected and treated and thecanal will be dredged, meeting requirments in drainage, flood preventionand water transportation.-VNA