Tra Vinh (VNA) – A clean water supply plant has been inaugurated in theMekong Delta province of Tra Vinh, benefiting 1,550 households in An Truongcommune, Cang Long district.
The plant,which has a designed capacity of 40 cubic meters of clean water per hour, wasbuilt at a cost of 7.5 billion VND (329,250 USD). The East Meets Westorganisation, provided 3.3 billion VND in non-refundable aid for the projectand the remaining 4.2 billion VND was sourced by the provincial budget.
Director ofthe provincial centre for clean water and rural environmental hygiene Bui VanMung said Tra Vinh has 163 water supply stations in rural areas supplying cleanwater meeting the standards of the Ministry of Health.
Theproportion of residents having access to clean water in rural areas is 58percent at present.
In 2018,the province aims to have 61 percent of the rural population use clean water.
Theprovincial People’s Committee has decided to spend 200 billion VND (8.7 millionUSD) from now to 2020 to upgrade 10 clean water supply stations and dredge thecanal network to address the shortage of clean water for daily use andirrigational water in rural areas due to droughts and saltwater intrusion.-VNA
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