Vinh City voters propose to strengthen inspection of domestic water quality

(Baonghean.vn)- Voters of Vinh city requested the Provincial People's Committee to direct the strengthening of inspection of the quality of domestic water provided by Nghe An Water Supply One Member Co., Ltd.

Regarding this issue, the relevant authorities responded as follows:

Based on its functions and tasks, the Department of Health has assigned the Center for Preventive Medicine to inspect and monitor the quality of drinking and domestic water at 18 water plants in the province.

For the proposal of Vinh City voters,According to Official Dispatch No. 10189/UBND.TH dated December 30, 2016 of the Provincial People's Committee, the Department of Health has directed the Center for Preventive Medicine to strengthen inspection of the quality of domestic water supplied to the city.

Operating the water supply system at the Vinh Suburban Water Plant. Photo courtesy

Specifically: Currently, there are 02 water plants supplying drinking water and domestic water for Vinh city: Hung Vinh Water Plant (supplying most of Vinh city); Cau Bach Water Plant (supplying the northern vicinity of Nghi Kim commune and Vinh airport area).

These factories all use raw water taken from the Lam River, the section flowing through Nam Dan, provided by the Lam River Water Supply Joint Stock Company under Tuan Loc Construction Investment Joint Stock Company for treatment. This is an important step that has been improved, contributing positively to improving the quality of tap water in Vinh city. The whole city currently has 03 communes without tap water: Nghi An, Nghi Lien and Nghi Duc.

Foreign experts guide staff of Nghe An Water Supply Company Limited to build software to manage water supply assets and deploy techniques and operations to prevent revenue loss and water leakage. Photo: Archive

These factories are inspected and monitored for quality once a month for all group A indicators; inspected and monitored for quality once every 6 months for 9 group B and C indicators. In the first quarter of 2017, 15 water samples were tested, and 100% of the water samples met the standards.

Block tank system of Hung Vinh Water Plant. Photo: Document

Thus, it can be said that the work of checking the quality of domestic water at the water plants of Nghe An Water Supply Company Limited serving Vinh city has been carried out regularly and periodically and the quality of water provided by these plants all meet the standards.

However, in the coming time, the Department of Health will continue to direct the Center for Preventive Medicine to further strengthen inspections, especially surprise inspections to promptly handle issues related to the quality of domestic water./.

Gia Huy

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