Soc Trang Water Supply Joint Stock Company responds to poor quality domestic water

Causes of poor water quality

According to the report, from the beginning of 2025 until now, Soc Trang Water Supply Company has received feedback from people and comments from press agencies about the water supply situation of the unit in the area of Soc Trang City (old). Through inspection and treatment, the situation of domestic water is yellow and cloudy at some times in some places in the area. The reason is that the water source exploited at the factories is currently decreasing in flow, the Company is renovating to increase the capacity of the factories, investing in new water treatment technology systems to increase the pressure and flow of water supply to people in My Xuyen ward, Phu Loi ward and Soc Trang ward, so it has more or less disturbed the water source in some areas with sediment and local turbidity at some times.

Mr. Dang Van Ngo, General Director of Soc Trang Water Supply Joint Stock Company, said: “Since the beginning of 2025, the Water Supply Company has implemented many projects to supplement water sources and treatment technology. However, due to the need to ensure the correct procedures for proposing replacement and supplementing water sources, the problem of solving difficulties has not been thoroughly resolved in the short term, but needs to continue to improve to ensure safe water supply for people”.

Regarding water production, the Company is currently managing and exploiting the urban water supply system including 23 water treatment plants/stations. In Soc Trang ward and Phu Loi ward, there are 6 water supply plants/stations exploiting from 24 underground water wells and 1 surface water plant located in An Nghiep Industrial Park. However, the existing wells are gradually becoming saline, the dynamic water level is getting lower and lower, the water source's return capacity is slow, the reserves are not guaranteed for exploitation and the water source's quality is getting worse. The surface water source in the area is saline, the exploitable water source is located more than 20km away and there is no planning for the construction of the plant; the current exploitation locations have significantly reduced flow, the proposed additional projects have not been granted investment and construction permits.

Build new and increase capacity of water plants

The company's leaders said that the unit is implementing many projects to improve the quality and increase the water supply capacity in Can Tho city and neighboring areas.

Soc Trang Water Supply Joint Stock Company put into operation a deep underground water well to supplement water sources for My Xuyen, Phu Loi and Soc Trang wards (Can Tho City).

Accordingly, the Company will renovate the filter tank from foam filter material to gravity sand filter material and invest in a new underground water treatment system of 5,000m ³ / day and night with Lamella sedimentation technology at the Water Supply Plant at Phu Loi Water Supply Enterprise; renovate the underground water treatment system of 3,000m ³ / day and night with Laniella sedimentation technology, a 300m ³ steel clean water tank, a circulating filter washing water treatment system at Sung Dinh Water Supply Station; is waiting for an exploitation license at Phu Tuc Water Supply Station to deploy additional construction of the plant. The unit is waiting for the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment to approve the project to request permission to drill underground water wells and increase capacity at Nguyen Chi Thanh Water Supply Plant, An Nghiep Industrial Park Water Supply Plant and Cao Thang Water Supply Station. Notably, the Company has also requested the Department of Agriculture and Environment to consider submitting to the People's Committee of Can Tho City for approval of the policy of allowing the transfer of land use rights to implement the investment project to build a water plant in Subdivision No. 5E (Soc Trang Ward) exploiting groundwater sources, implementing phase 1 with a capacity of 20,000m ³ /day and night. The Company also requested the Department of Agriculture and Environment to consider submitting to the City People's Committee a project to request permission to increase the capacity to less than 5,000m ³ /day and night for current qualified water plants, thereby increasing the supply flow to the people. In addition, the Company is carrying out land procedures and environmental impact assessment to be able to put completed wells into operation at Hung Loi, Nga Nam, Ke Sach Water Supply Stations... The leaders of Soc Trang Water Supply Joint Stock Company affirmed that they will continue to monitor and implement solutions to overcome the shortage of clean water as soon as possible, as well as ensure the quality of domestic water for people in the coming time.

Article and photos: KIM NGOC

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