(binhthuan.gov.vn) Currently, the Provincial Center for Clean Water and Environmental Sanitation is managing and operating 41 water supply works with a total design capacity of 54,150 m3/day and night, supplying water for 12 wards, 09 towns and 55 communes belonging to 09/10 districts, towns and cities (except Tuy Phong district), providing to over 77,000 customers. In which, there are 26 works exploiting raw water from surface water sources, 15 works exploiting underground water sources.

According to the Center for Rural Clean Water and Sanitation, in the dry season of 2023, surface water sources in the province basically meet the people's water use needs; however, some surface water sources have been drastically reduced, so they can only meet about 50% of the plant's capacity, such as in Thien Nghiep, Ham My, and Duc Binh communes. The exploitation works from underground water sources cannot meet the needs of the people, due to the depletion of underground water sources, affecting the operation of the plant in the areas of Luong Son, Ham Phu, Mui Ne, Phu Quy.

In order to meet the increasing demand for water of the people in the dry season this year, the Center has fully prepared human and material resources to ensure a stable water supply, minimizing the shortage of domestic water sources; sending letters to the localities to request for prioritizing water sources for daily life and requesting Binh Thuan Power Company to prioritize stable power sources for operating water plants to supply domestic water to the people. At the same time, proactively checking and maintaining equipment and pipelines to prevent technical problems from disrupting water supply, organizing 24-hour duty a day. In addition, the Center also propagandizes people to use water sparingly and rationally and not to use clean water for agricultural production and other unnecessary needs.

In the long term, in order to ensure a stable supply of daily-life water to the people in the province, the Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Center will continue to invest, upgrade and expand water supply works from the central and local budgets, and funds from donors to build large-capacity water supply works in the districts with the location of water plants adjacent to large-scale irrigation works or large rivers of the province to ensure a stable source of raw water in the dry season, helping water plants to operate regularly and continuously, avoiding interruptions; at the same time, focusing on investment of upgrading and expanding the existing water supply works in the direction of increasing capacity and improving water quality to meet the flow requirements and the quality of water sources according to the standards of the Ministry of Health. Speeding up the implementation and completion of the Ham Thuan Bac District Water Plant Project with a capacity of 10,000 m³/day to provide clean water for people in 13/17 communes and towns in Ham Thuan Bac district. Be proactive in the management, operation and maintenance of water supply works in a professional manner to ensure sustainable operation.

Nguyễn Phương