(Baonghean.vn) - The water supply system in Hung Linh commune (Hung Nguyen district) has been in operation for a long time, but most people in the commune dare not use it because: The water is too dirty, and the project contains many "irregularities" that need to be clarified by the authorities.
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| The water supply system for Hung Linh commune was constructed, completed, and put into operation in 2010. The total value of the project was approximately 10 billion VND. |
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| The system's construction scale is to supply 352 cubic meters of water per day to 925 households in the commune. However, as of June 2016, only about 200 households in the dry, drought-prone areas and some schools in the commune are using it. The remaining households in the commune "don't dare" to use this water source. |
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| The reason people "don't dare" is because they are terrified of the extremely dirty water supply system in Hung Linh commune. This system draws raw water from the Lam River and flows it into the Hung Linh canal. The canal that takes in the raw water for filtration is also the same canal used for irrigation... |
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| And it's also the drainage ditch where wastewater from households and the Liễu Market flows into. |
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| Water from people's latrines also flows into the raw water ditch. |
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| Before the Lam River water was pumped in, the canal was full of garbage and filthy. |
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| The ditch is full of water, which is "convenient" for washing pesticide sprayers. |
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| In the ditch, dead poultry and rubbish floated. |
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| The water treatment plant is located at the end of this canal system. Here, there is a gate and a pipeline that carries water from the canal into the reservoir. |
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| When the ditch is blocked, water from the ditch will flow into the reservoir through a pipe. |
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| But dead poultry carcasses also drift in here. |
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| The water quality in the Hung Linh commune's domestic water supply system has never been tested by the authorities. Yet, Hung Linh commune still allows the cooperative to sell water to the residents. Upon being notified, the water plant operator hastily removed the dead chickens. |
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| The unusual thing is that many items in the current Hung Linh commune's domestic water supply system differ significantly from those in the design documents and project acceptance records. This is the door to the water treatment plant shown in the acceptance records… |
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| And this is the actual door. |
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| Clearly, the Hung Linh commune's domestic water supply system does not have a raw water pipeline, yet this item is included in the project introduction and bidding documents, construction logs, and final settlement documents. This project is clearly fraught with irregularities and urgently requires investigation by relevant authorities. |
Thanh Son
