The Mekong Delta Economic Zoneplans to build 17 industrial wastewater treatment plants from nowthrough 2020, according to the Mekong Delta master plan between now and2020.
Under the planning on water drainage for MekongEconomic Zone, 17 industrial wastewater treatment plants will be builtin Can Tho, Ca Mau, Kien Giang and An Giang.
Thesefacilities will be capable of daily treating about 239,720 cu. m ofindustrial wastewater for industrial parks in the region.
Fund for construction will be mobilised through both oversea and domestic sources.
The total daily volume of industrial wastewater in the area isestimated at 369,000 cu.m in 2020. Industrial wastewater plantswill help reduce environment pollution and contribute to the sustainablesocio-economic development for the region.
More than 90%of total volume of wastewater in Vietnam has not yet been treated sofar, causing serious environment pollution, experts said, adding thatthe nation targets to treat over 80% of its total wastewater volume by2025.-VNA