Quang Tri new water supply system built

A total of 980 billion VND (42.14 million USD) has been poured into a water supply project in Hai Lang district, the central province of Quang Tri.
Quang Tri new water supply system built ảnh 1A truck delivers building materials to construct the water treatment plan after the project was launched. (Source: VNA)

Quang Tri (VNA) – A total of 980 billion VND (42.14 million USD)has been poured into a water supply project in Hai Lang district, the centralprovince of Quang Tri.

By the end of 2020, the system will provide 50,000cu.m of clean water per day,for both households and factories in the provincial Southeast Economic Zone andits vicinity including Quang Tri town, Hai Lang and Trieu Phong districts. 

The project’s total capacity is 270,000cu.m of water per day. During the first phase,implemented from 2019 to 2025, 95,000cu.m of water will be treated each day.

There will be a water pumping station and a water piping system in Hai Le commune,a reservoir of 450,000cu.m and a pumping station in Trieu Son commune, and awater treatment plant suppling 50,000cu.m of clean water and a water pipingsystem in Hai Que commune.

The Quang Tri Southeast Water Supply Company, the project’s investor, pledgedto design and operate the system following international standards and only useequipment imported from G7 countries.

Speaking at the launch on October 15, Nguyen Quan Chinh, Vice Chairman of theprovincial People’s Committee, said the supply system is one of first threeprojects launched in the zone, helping to set a foundation for others tofollow.

The province’s southeast economic zone was established by the Prime Minister inOctober 2016.

The zone covers nearly 24,000ha, over three coastal districts in Trieu Phong, HaiLang and Gio Linh including My Thuy Port, a non-tariff area and other areas forfactories, logistics and tourism services.

It will be connected with the East-West Economic Corridor spanning more than1,450km through Myanmar, Thailand, Laos and Vietnam via Lao Bao InternationalBorder Gate./.
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