The Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee directed to ensure water supply activities in Vinh City and surrounding areas.

On October 23, 2019, the People's Committee of Nghe An province issued Official Dispatch No. 7523/UBND-CN conveying the opinion of the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Thai Thanh Quy on ensuring water supply activities in Vinh city and surrounding areas.

Accordingly, the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee agreed with the assessment report and proposal of the Working Group on determining Lam River water as the main water source used to produce domestic water at Cau Bach and Hung Vinh Water Plants.

Dao River is a backup water source used to produce domestic water when the raw water supply system of Lam River Water Supply Company Limited has technical problems, or when Lam River water quality has unusual problems that Hung Vinh and Cau Bach Water Plants cannot handle.

Clean water treatment system of Cau Bach Water Plant, Nghe An Water Supply Joint Stock Company. Photo courtesy of Dao Tuan

In the coming time, to ensure the water supply for people is regular and continuous, meeting the requirements of quality and flow, the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee assigned specific tasks to relevant departments, branches and companies including: Construction, Natural Resources and Environment, Health, Science and Technology, Planning and Investment, Finance, Agriculture and Rural Development, Provincial Inspectorate, Nghe An Newspaper, Nghe An Radio and Television Station, Provincial People's Committee Office, Working Group, Nghe An Water Supply Joint Stock Company, Lam River Water Supply One Member Co., Ltd.

Determine the difference collected from the customer

According to the above dispatch, the Department of Construction has proposed to establish a specialized planning for water supply in Vinh city, the water supply planning phase according to the adjustment phase of the general planning of Vinh city approved by the Prime Minister, consulted and submitted to the Provincial People's Committee to approve the task of planning water supply in Vinh city in December 2019;...

The Department of Natural Resources and Environment is responsible for periodically and suddenly monitoring and inspecting the quality of raw water supplied to domestic water production plants in the province; at the same time, reviewing current legal regulations on the installation of automatic monitoring systems for raw water quality supplied to domestic water production, and reporting on installation needs in the entire province...

The head of the Provincial People's Committee also assigned the Department of Natural Resources and Environment to preside over and coordinate with the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development and the Department of Construction to study and advise the Provincial People's Committee to adjust the Dao River Water Exploitation License that the Provincial People's Committee previously granted to Nghe An Water Supply Company Limited (only used in some specific situations) or revoke the Exploitation License.

When the raw water source of Lam River has an incident or high turbidity that cannot produce clean water, the Department of Natural Resources and Environment promptly coordinates with the departments to advise the Provincial People's Committee to issue a temporary, time-limited license for Nghe An Water Supply Joint Stock Company to exploit Dao River water as a raw water source to produce clean water for the people.

The Department of Health reviews current legal regulations on the installation of automatic monitoring systems for domestic water quality at clean water factories in the province; periodically and suddenly checks the quality of clean water at clean water factories in the province to inform the people;...

Nghe An Water Supply Joint Stock Company is only allowed to use Dao River water to produce domestic water in cases of force majeure under the close supervision of the authorities. Photo: Dao Tuan.

Based on the technology and operating process of clean water production at Hung Vinh and Cau Bach water plants of Nghe An Water Supply Joint Stock Company, at the time when the technological lines of Cau Bach and Hung Vinh water plants cannot handle the treatment, the Department of Science and Technology needs to promptly coordinate with experts, scientists, members of the working group and water supply and treatment companies to conduct research to determine the cause of raw water quality and treatment technology, thereby providing a basis for water supply units to have a basis for treatment and conversion of raw water sources when necessary.

The Department of Finance advises the Provincial People's Committee on the selection of a consulting unit with the function of determining the value and depreciation period of the Raw Water Supply System project of Song Lam Water Supply Company Limited and Nghe An Water Supply Joint Stock Company, as a basis for reviewing and re-determining the raw water cost and clean water price.

The Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee also assigned the Department of Finance to preside over and coordinate with the Department of Construction and relevant agencies and units to calculate and determine the difference that Nghe An Water Supply Joint Stock Company has collected from customers when using raw water from Dao River to produce clean water at Cau Bach and Hung Vinh Water Plants in the past time, and advise the Provincial People's Committee to direct the handling when developing a clean water price plan for the next adjustment period;...

Only use Dao River water in case of force majeure.

Also in the above Official Dispatch, the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee requested Nghe An Water Supply Joint Stock Company to soon invest in upgrading and replacing the 20,000 m production line.³/day and night of Hung Vinh Water Plant which has been degraded by modern equipment technology, to increase capacity and quality of clean water...; regularly coordinate with Lam River Water Supply Company Limited to have timely solutions to handle unusual situations due to flood conditions, ensuring clean water production systems operate normally, meeting clean water needs of people.

In particular, the Company is only allowed to use Dao River water to produce domestic water at Cau Bach and Hung Vinh Water Plants in cases of force majeure (unusual rain and flood incidents or technological or equipment incidents of water plants).

The Company must promptly report to the Provincial People's Committee and the Working Group when an incident occurs to determine the cause of the incident, how to handle it, and have measures to closely monitor the use of raw water input and the quality of output water. At the same time, the Company must have a plan to notify the Lam River Water Supply Company Limited for coordination.

The raw water pumping system directly from Lam River of Lam River Water Supply Company Limited is located at Dan Nhiem block, Nam Dan town. Photo: Dao Tuan

For Lam River Water Supply Company Limited, the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee requested that measures be taken to reduce turbidity, reduce suspended solids, and improve the quality of raw water before supplying it to Cau Bach and Hung Vinh Water Plants, in accordance with the technical process of the domestic water production lines of Nghe An Water Supply Joint Stock Company.

The company also needs to coordinate promptly with Nghe An Water Supply Joint Stock Company in converting water sources when the raw water supply system of Song Lam Water Supply Company Limited has technical problems, or when the water quality of Lam River has unusual problems that Hung Vinh and Cau Bach Water Plants cannot handle...

Thanh Duy