Yen Thanh will invest in expanding the area of ​​raw water reservoir.

The raw water reservoir of Yen Thanh Water Plant is small and cannot meet the needs of local people. Photo: Van Truong

Water plantYen Thanhhas a design capacity of 2,000m³/day/night, providing water for over 3,000 households. Since 2012, due to the people's need for clean water, with the permission of Yen Thanh District People's Committee, Yen Thanh Water Plant has expanded its water supply area to neighboring communes including: Tang Thanh, Hoa Thanh, Van Thanh, Xuan Thanh. The number of customers using clean water has also more than doubled to 7,000 customers.

To meet the people's domestic water needs, since 2014, Yen Thanh District People's Committee has invested in a project to upgrade the capacity of Yen Thanh Water Plant from 2,000 m³ day/night up to 5,000 m³day/night, expanding the water supply area to hamlets 1,2,3 of Tang Thanh commune; hamlets 8,9 of Xuan Thanh commune; Bac Thanh. In addition, the factory also supplies water to the Japanese Garment Factory industrial park, Yen Thanh District General Hospital...

Checking operations at Yen Thanh Water Plant. Photo: Van Truong

However, the current difficulty is that the operating capacity of the water plant has been increased, but the raw water reservoir area is small, only nearly 40,000 m²This leads to a shortage of raw water, the factory cannot meet the water needs of customers, directly affecting people's lives.

Meanwhile, the factory is supplied with raw water from the N8 canal of the North Nghe An irrigation system. Every year, from August to December, the Do Luong bara canal system closes water 5-7 times, each time closing water for 15-25 days for the JICA 2 (Japan) project to upgrade the irrigation system, so the raw water source is increasingly lacking.

Currently, for Yen Thanh Water Plant, there is a local water shortage in some downstream communes such as Hoa Thanh, Xuan Thanh... A resident in Block 1, Yen Thanh town shared: Every time the river is closed, the tap water supply for people is unstable, there is a water shortage, we have to use additional sources of rainwater and water from ponds around the village.

Water filtration system at Yen Thanh Water Plant. Photo: Van Truong

Therefore, the relevant sector needs to soon have a solution to stabilize the water source for the people. Not to mention, some business people, restaurants, and car washes have reported that not only is there a lack of water, but the groundwater is polluted and salty, making business services very difficult.

Faced with the above situation, to provide clean water for the people, Yen Thanh Water Plant has implemented measures such as: Operating the pump every 2 days, dividing the supply in rotation according to the area, such as the lower area including Hoa Thanh, Tang Thanh communes, Yen Thanh town, the upper area including Xuan Thanh commune, Yen Thanh District General Hospital...

Mr. Hoang Van Minh - Chairman of the Board of DirectorsYen Thanh Water Plantadded: Although the Factory has tried its best to operate domestic water, the raw water reservoir system of the Factory is small in area and dries up quickly, so it is also unavoidable. Faced with the above situation, the Factory has repeatedly submitted documents to relevant sectors for early implementation of the "raw water reservoir expansion project" to increase the water supply capacity of the Factory.

According to the plan, Yen Thanh district will expand the raw water reservoir in the western land area of ​​Roc Lai field in block 2, Yen Thanh town. Photo: Van Truong

Regarding this issue, Mr. Phan Van Tuyen - Chairman of Yen Thanh District People's Committee said: In order to overcome the long-standing shortage of raw water sources of Yen Thanh Water Plant, in 2023, the district will review the documents and procedures to solve the problem of expanding the area of ​​raw water reservoirs, meeting the needs of domestic water for the people..Specifically, the area will be expanded over 2 hectares in Roc Lai field, storing water volume of over 90,000 m3.³, with total capital of over 10 billion VND.

After the project to expand the raw water reservoir area is completed and put into use, it will meet the raw water reserve for the Plant to operate stably, providing enough clean water for daily life for local people./.