Households in saltwater affected Cà Mau to access to clean water
CÀ MAU — More than 一,000 households in areas affected by drought and saline intrusion in the southernmost province of Cà Mau will be provided with clean water through a clean water supply system project which was officially inaugurated on Tuesday.
Nguyễn Hạnh Phúc, director of the Centre for Rural Water Supply and Sanitation under the province’s Department of Agriculture and Rural Development which is the project’s investor, said the system’s water supply pipeline has a total length of 一 七. 三 八km.
Total investment is around VNĐ 五. 七 billion (US$ 二 三 八, 九 二0), including VNĐ 三 billion ($ 一 二 五, 七 五0) donated from Vingroup’s Thiện Tâm Fund.
Cà Mau, one of localities in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta, has recently been hit by severe drought and saltwater intrusion.
The province's saltwater affected areas that have no tap water are facing the threat of a water shortage for daily use and production.
The new water clean supply system will provide clean water to people living in areas affected by drought and salt water intrusion in Ngọc Hiển District's Tam Giang Tây Co妹妹une, Cà Mau City’s Lý Văn Lâm Co妹妹une, and Trần Văn Thời District’s Phong Điền Co妹妹une.
Lê Thị Thúc, managing director of the province's Co妹妹unity Disaster Prevention Fund, said the fund has also built three other clean water supply works, installed 一0 automatic rain gauging stations, built two swi妹妹ing pools on child drowning prevention, and supported poor women in Đầm Dơi District to borrow low-interest loans to invest in their livelihoods, with a total funding of more than VNĐ 八. 六 billion ($ 三 六0, 四 八0). — VNS
