Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee Nguyen Duc Chung speaks at the groundbreaking ceremony of the Duong River Surface Water Treatment project. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Chairman of the HanoiPeople’s Committee Nguyen Duc Chung has asked for the Duong River Surface WaterTreatment Plant project to be sped up.
Chung visited the construction site of the key nationalproject, which is expected to be operational by 2020, in Gia Lam district onMarch 1.
The project is vital to the city’s sustainablewater supply system, capable of providing a stable and long-term source ofclean water for Hanoians, he said.
Hanoi authorities highly value enterprises that makesignificant investment to improve local infrastructure and create jobs, thecity’s leader noted.
He affirmed that the city will work with the DuongRiver Surface Water Plant JSC and help the firm complete the project onschedule.
He also urged the company to ensure the project’stechnical quality and effectively operate the plant once it is put into use tosupply clean water for about 3 million people living in the east side of Hanoi.
Chairman of the Duong River Surface Water PlantJSC Do Thi Kim Lien said many engineers and workers are working day and nightat the construction site to finish the project’s first phase in October.
Located on nearly61.5 hectares, the plant will be developed in three phases to provide cleanwater for the city’s northeast districts (Long Bien, Gia Lam, Dong Anh, Soc Sonand industrial parks along Road 179); south districts (HoangMai, Thanh Tri, Thuong Tin and Phu Xuyen) and neighbouring provinces like BacNinh, Hung Yen, and Hai Duong.
The first phase,which will cost about 5 trillion VND (225 million USD) and have capacity of300,000 cu.m per day.
The plant’scapacity is expected to reach 600,000 cu.m per day by 2030 and 900,000 cu.m perday by 2050.
Itsclean-water piping system is the longest and most intricate in the country,running 76km with two river-crossing sections over the Hong (Red) and Duongrivers, and various sections running through railways, national and provincialroads.-VNA
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Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee Nguyen Duc Chung speaks at the groundbreaking ceremony of the Duong River Surface Water Treatment project. (Photo: VNA) 
