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More sewage treatment plants planned for Nhue-Day river basin

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has approved a master plan for drainage and wastewater treatment development in residential areas and industrial zones in the Nhue-Day river basin through 2030, which provides for 24 new sewage treatment plants to be constructed.
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has approved a master plan for drainageand wastewater treatment development in residential areas and industrialzones in the Nhue-Day river basin through 2030, which provides for 24new sewage treatment plants to be constructed.

The total budget forthe master project is 108 trillion VND (5.2 billion USD) and it coversthe entire basin of Nhue-Day River in the provinces of Ha Nam, NinhBinh, Hoa Binh, Nam Dinh and Hanoi with a total area of 7,665 sq.km.

Itproposes to develop nine drainage systems for the basin withconstruction of reservoirs, water collection and pumping stations, andwastewater treatment facilities in residential areas and industrialzones.

The scheme will consist of construction of 24 sewagetreatment plants, including 12 for Hanoi, one for Luong Son town in HoaBinh province, four each for Ha Nam province’s Phu Ly city and Ninh Binhcity of Ninh Binh province, and three for Nam Dinh city of Nam Dinhprovince, respectively.-VNA
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