Nghe An strives for 65% of rural population to have access to clean water by 2030
In order to ensure safe water supply in rural areas in the period of 2025-2029, on June 28, 2024, the People's Committee of Nghe An province issued Plan No. 499 to ensure safe water supply in the area.
Specifically, in the above Plan, along with re-assessing the current status of centralized domestic water supply in the areaNghe An countryside,The Provincial People's Committee pointed out the necessity of issuing a plan to ensure safe water supply in rural areas in Nghe An for the period 2025-2029. The plan has the following basic contents:
+ General objectives: Ensure safe water supply in rural areas to manage risks and overcome possible incidents from water sources, water treatment facilities and water transmission and distribution systems to customers. Ensure continuous water supply, sufficient flow, maintain adequate pressure and water quality to contribute to improving the quality of life and protecting human health.
+ Specific goalsBy 2025, 90% of the rural population will have access to clean, hygienic water, of which 55-56% of the rural population will have sustainable access to clean water that meets standards, with a minimum quantity of 60 liters/person/day; increase the proportion of rural people using clean water from centralized water supply works to 30% or more; 100% of centralized water supply works will operate normally, of which 60% will operate sustainably.
By 2030, Nghe An will have 95-97% of the rural population using clean and hygienic water, of which 60-65% of the rural population will have sustainable access to clean water that meets standards with a minimum quantity of 80 liters/person/day; increase the proportion of rural people using clean water from centralized water supply works to 50% or more, 100% of centralized water supply works will operate sustainably.
The rate of centralized water supply in rural areas across the province that establish and implement safe water supply plans reaches 10% or more.
+Scope and subjects of application: Deployed in production and supply of clean water for rural centralized water supply systems with a capacity of 100 m3/day and night in Nghe An province. Subjects of application are organizations and individuals with activities related to the management of water supply assets; operation, production, supply and consumption of clean water for daily life in rural areas in Nghe An province.
+ Requirements for centralized rural clean water supply projects: Ensure continuous and stable water supply to meet the requirements on quantity and quality according to regulations; items, works for collecting, processing, storing, distributing clean water to customers are managed, operated, and maintained according to technical processes and standards; have plans to control hazards, risks, and incidents that may occur in the system from water source to customers and measures to supply backup water in case of water supply interruption of more than 48 hours; have a clear financial management mechanism, with sufficient revenue to cover costs and have accumulations for maintenance, minor repairs, and troubleshooting; ensure registration and licensing for exploitation and use of water resources according to regulations of the law.Law on Water Resources.
+ Content and implementation solutions:
- Effectively implement safe water supply in rural areas by establishing and approving a Safe Water Supply Plan for centralized water supply works in the area according to the guidance of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.
- Improve and control the quality of domestic water by strengthening inspection and monitoring of the quality of clean domestic water according to local technical standards for domestic use; arrange and mobilize resources to invest in, renovate, repair and upgrade the quality of water supply of damaged and degraded water supply works to fully and continuously supply and ensure the quality of domestic water to serve the needs of the people, especially in areas with difficult water sources, remote and isolated areas.
- Management and operation of water works assets must comply with regulations. Attention must be paid to information and propaganda work to raise public awareness.
- Promote the application of science and technology in production and supply of clean water in rural areas, ensuring quality.
+Implementation costs: Implemented according to the principle that for water supply units with correctly calculated water prices and reasonable costs, the cost of establishing and implementing the Water Supply Plan is included in the water production cost according to regulations. For water supply units that do not have prices or have prices that have not been correctly calculated and reasonable costs are included, a price plan must be developed and prepared according to regulations, sent to the Department of Finance for appraisal and submitted to the Provincial People's Committee for consideration and decision. In the process of integrating national target programs and other legal capital sources, for state management agencies participating in the implementation of the Provincial Safe Water Supply Plan, funds from the unit's regular annual funding source must be used.
The Provincial People's Committee assigns the Departments of Agriculture & Rural Development, Construction, Health, Planning & Investment, Finance and District People's Committees; rural water supply units to base on this plan to implement. Periodically report the results of the Plan implementation before December 15 every year. If there are any problems, report to the Provincial People's Committee through the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.
The province currently has 561 centralized domestic water supply projects invested in, with a total designed capacity of 79,985 m3/day and night, supplying water to 118,000 people. Currently, the exploitation capacity is 39,972 m3/day and night, ensuring domestic water for about 112,000 people and public places in rural areas including 492 self-flowing water projects and 69 pumping projects.
