VietNamNet Bridge - A number of districts in HCMC will face a
running water shortfall in the next two weeks as the supplier is working on a
plan to move a key water pipeline to make way for an environmental cleanup
project.

Users in districts 1, 3, 5, 10, 11 and some others will have
less running water or see water becoming muddy from December 29 to January 12.

Saigon Water Corporation (Sawaco), the city’s main supplier,
announced late last week that it was moving a section of the 2,000-millimeter
pipeline at Dien Bien Phu
Bridge, thus leading
pressure of water to fall considerably.

This pipeline is now used to transport clean water from Thu
Duc water treatment plant to the above districts.

The city is building a drainage system for the Nhieu Loc-Thi
Nghe canal basin as part of a project to improve the environment for the
city.

Sawaco said it would be replacing the pipeline section with
a smaller one on Dien Bien Phu
Bridge with a diameter of
1,200 millimeters. After that, it will also set up a 2,000-millimeter steel
pipe there to ensure water pressure.

“In the construction pipeline process, water supply will not
be as sufficient as usual due to reduced pressure, and sometimes it may be
muddy,” says the announcement.

Sawaco said it will increase the water pressure in other
pipelines such as Binh Thai-Binh Loi pipeline, BOO Thu Duc Water Plant or Tan
Hiep Water Plant and even using tanks carrying water to affected residential
areas.

Source: SGT