Over recent days, many families across Da Nang have faced water scarcity amid the ongoing rainy season because local pumping stations have failed to fetch fresh water. As a result, this matter of deep concern has adversely affected their daily lives.

Many families are facing water scarcity amid the ongoing rainy season

Lam Quang Loi, a male resident in Ngu Hanh Son District’s My An Ward, complained, “My family has not received any drops of water over the past 2 days, and have to buy bottled water for daily use”.

Meanwhile, Loi’ wife lamented, “The shortage of tap water has turned my family’s daily life upside down”.

Facing the same problem, another city-dweller, Ms Do Thi Khanh, from the same ward said the water supply is too low. She added that her family has filtered cloudy or murky water to remove sediment and turbidity.

Meanwhile, many citizens in Thanh Khe District have complained about the spending of much money on eating out over the past days because there is not enough water to prepare their daily meals.

In Hai Chau District, some residents raised their concern over brackish tap water.

One direct reason for this matter of deep concern is that some water supply plants are currently facing severe shortages of raw water for production, thereby failing to ensure sufficient water supplies for local residents.

Mr Ho Huong, the General Director of the Da Nang Water Supply Company (DAWACO), unlike previous years, the city’s Cau Do (Red Bridge) River has been suffering from severe salt-water contamination since September.

It was reported that the salinity level of the river have been and 2,000mg/, much higher than the allowed limits.

The water level in the An Trach Dam has been low at under 1.4m. As a result, there will not be enough water to ensure the smooth operation of the An Trach Pumping Station, hence failing to satisfy the current local water supply requirements.

Meanwhile, the Vu Gia River in Quang Nam Province is facing the exhaustion of raw water resources for supply to the An Trach Dam. Meanwhile, hydropower reservoirs upstream of the Vu Gia River have stopped discharging water into the lower sections due to their severe shortage of water resources.

According to DAWACO, one solution to the current water shortage is to publicly announce the rotational water supply schedules for parts of the city amid ongoing interruptions.

The municipal Department of Construction underlined an urgent need for DAWACO to take effective measures to ensure sufficient water supplies for locals in the long term.

Accordingly, from now until April 2019, DAWACO will accelate the 1^st stage of the ongoing upgrading of the Cau Do Water Plant with daily capacity of 60,000m³ of water in Cam Le District, and the Hoa Trung Water Supply Plant with a daily capacity of 10,000m³ of water at the Da Nang Hi-tech Park in Hoa Vang District’s Hoa Lien Commune.

Once it is fully operational, the Hoa Trung Water Supply Plant will ensure sufficient water supplies to all businesses operating at the Hi-tech Park as well as residents living on the northwest side of the city.

The 1^st stage of the Hoa Lien Water Supply Plant, with a daily capacity of 120,000m³ of water is scheduled to be completed by late 2020.