Director of Department of Construction explains the incident of turbid clean water in Vinh city

Clarifying the content of voters' reflection on the issue of clean water supply for daily life in Vinh city in June 2022, there was a phenomenon of cloudy, yellow-colored domestic water in households in some wards and communes in Vinh city, Director of the Department of Construction Nguyen Truong Giang said: The Provincial People's Committee directed the Department of Construction and the standing agencies of the Water Supply Steering Committee to coordinate with relevant departments and branches such as: Department of Health, Provincial Police, Department of Natural Resources and Environment, Department of Finance to conduct field inspections of the system from the factory to households from June 20-28.

Director of the Department of Construction Nguyen Truong Giang clarified the reason why the quality of domestic water in Vinh city has not been guaranteed in recent times. Photo: Thanh Cuong

According to the preliminary results report, the input water of Dao River and Lam River has not changed much compared to previous years, there are some indicators that do not meet the requirements. Regarding the output clean water, through the test results organized by the Department of Health periodically, it was also discovered that from 1 to 3 indicators did not meet the requirements.

However, through testing the water quality at the factory and the quality of the households, there is a difference in both chemical and physical test indexes. At the factory, the quality of clean water is basically guaranteed, but in some areas at the households, the water is cloudy or even very cloudy.

Actual inspection shows that the water produced and supplied in Vinh city has 3 factories: Hung Vinh water plant, Cau Bach water plant, Hung Nguyen water plant. Through test results, not all areas have turbid water.

Domestic water quality in some areas of Vinh city is not guaranteed in June 2022. Photo: Nghe An Newspaper

The cause was determined to be due to the transportation process from the factory to households, the water quality at the factory to households is different, different areas have different water quality. Second, the parameters tested for water quality in households have 1 to 4 parameters that have not met.

The initial cause was determined to be during transportation from the factory to households.

Regarding the responsibility for the situation of poor quality of domestic water in the past, it belongs to Nghe An Water Supply Joint Stock Company for not promptly reporting to the Provincial People's Committee and other levels to reflect the situation of poor quality domestic water.

View of the meeting. Photo: Thanh Cuong

Currently, the basic water quality has been ensured, departments and branches have stepped in to test raw water input and output indicators, and the Department of Construction has reported to the Provincial People's Committee to propose solutions to find the cause of the recent incident, and at the same time proposed that departments and branches strengthen the implementation of state management functions on this work.

In which, the Department of Natural Resources and Environment strengthens the management and inspection of the quality of input raw water. The Department of Finance and Health inspects the quality of output water; Nghe An Police inspects environmental pollution; clarifies the contents proposed by Nghe An Water Supply Joint Stock Company; the Department of Science and Technology inspects the technology to evaluate water treatment.

"The Department of Construction and the Provincial Police proposed that the Provincial People's Committee establish an interdisciplinary inspection team chaired by the Provincial Inspectorate to coordinate with departments, branches and sectors to clarify the contents, quality of domestic water sources, and the cause of the recent incident" - Director of the Department of Construction Nguyen Truong Giang said.