After the president's direction, Soc Trang still lacks serious water

Midnight, the whole family awakened water

Ms. Huynh Thu Ha in Ward 3, Soc Trang City (Soc Trang Province) said that in Ward 3, many roads are facing weak water, alum water, even salinity. The water discharge during the day is almost impossible, only late at night after 23:00, fortunate to catch a little. "My family is very tired with the time to catch the water. Every 23:00 every day, the whole family has to stay up for hours to store water, hoping to have enough water to use for the next day," Ha said.

Ms. Huynh Ngoc Tham - also living in Ward 3 - said that the shortage of water lasted from 2024 to the present: "My family often has weak water and water shortage. Every morning before working, I have to catch 2- 3 buckets of water to return to bathing and cooking. For 6 hours, the whole family had to "endure" bath ".

Explaining this, Mr. Dang Van Ngo - General Director of Soc Trang Water Supply Joint Stock Company - said that the main reason is due to the complicated saline intrusion situation. During the period from January 26 to 3.2, the salinity in Soc Trang City ranges from 700mg/l - 1,500mg/l, seriously affecting the quality of surface water. In addition, the underground water wells also gradually become salinity, the water level is lower, making it difficult to exploit and reduce water quality.

"This situation has led to the lack of local water often occurring in Soc Trang City. Especially at rush hour, holidays and New Year, causing some households not enough water to live. The picture will become more serious as the dry season in 2025 is approaching and the development of saline intrusion is increasingly complicated, "Mr. Ngo said.

Waiting for the solution

According to information from Soc Trang Water Supply Joint Stock Company, this unit is currently managing 23 factories and urban water treatment stations with 64 underground water wells and 2 surface water exploitation stations, and a network of transmission pipes. Load longer than 1,146 km. The total allowed capacity is 91,530 m3/day and night, serving more than 102,000 households. However, the reality is only 73,000m3/day and night (reaching 79.8% compared to the licensed capacity).

Leaders of Soc Trang Water Supply Joint Stock Company proposes to increase the capacity of water plants to ensure supply. The company also proposes to hire or buy 20 hectares of land in Phu Loi school (Ho Dac Kien commune, Chau Thanh district, Soc Trang province) to get raw water to bring them to treatment plants; Extending the license to exploit and use surface water for the surface water plant at Nguyen Chi Thanh Water Supply Enterprise and An Nghiep Industrial Park Water Plant; Apply for permission to exploit some wells in excess of the specified water level but not exceeding the flow according to the license.

At the meeting about the situation of water supply to people in the province on the afternoon of October 10, Mr. Lam Hoang Nghiep - Permanent Vice Chairman of Soc Trang Provincial People's Committee - emphasized: "The supply of clean water for people People are an urgent issue, more important than business purposes ". Mr. Nghiep asked Soc Trang Water Supply Joint Stock Company to review the entire operation and ask the company to continue expanding the water exploitation capacity, combined with the center of clean water and rural environmental sanitation to ensure protect water for people.

The Standing Vice Chairman of Soc Trang Provincial People's Committee also directed to review the infrastructure and equipment to replace or upgrade, ensuring the production of clean water. In particular, it is necessary to strengthen information and propaganda for people about water saving and proactive equipment and equipment used for water for peak hours.