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THE PRIME MINISTER OF GOVERNMENT
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SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM
Independence - Freedom - Happiness
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No:
1600/QD-TTg
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Hanoi, December 24, 2001
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DECISION
ON RATIFICATION OF THE OVERALL PLANNING FOR
WATER SUPPLY IN HO CHI MINH CITY UP TO 2010 AND THE ORIENTATION UP TO 2020
THE PRIME MINISTER
Pursuant to the Law on Organization of the
Government of September 30, 1992;
Pursuant to the Regulation on the Management of Investment and Construction,
issued together with Decree No.52/ 1999/ND-CP of July 8, 1999 and Decree No.
12/2000/ND-CP of May 5, 2000 of the Government;
Pursuant to Decision No. 63/1998/QD-TTg of March 18, 1998 of the Prime Minister
on ratifying the Orientation for development of urban water supply in Vietnam
up to 2020;
Pursuant to Decision No. 123/1998 /QD-TTg of July 10,1998 of the Prime Minister
on ratifying the readjusted overall Planning for Ho Chi Minh City up to 2020;
At the proposals of the president of the People’s
Committee of Ho Chi Minh City in Report No. 1832/UB-DT of June 5, 2001 and of
the Ministry of Construction in Official Dispatch No. 1977/BXD-KTQH of November
6,2001,
DECIDES:
Article 1.- To ratify the overall planning for water supply
of Ho Chi Minh City up to 2010 and the orientation up to 2020 with the following
main contents:
1. Objective:
- The overall planning for water supply in Ho
Chi Minh City up to 2010 and the orientation up to 2020 aim to meet the needs
of development of the city in line with the orientation for development of
national urban water supply and drainage up to 2020 and readjustment of the
overall planning of Ho Chi Minh City up to 2020 as basis for preparing
investment in transformation and development of the water supply system on the
city territory.
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2. Scope of the planning:
The scope of the planning of the water supply system
shall conform with the readjusted overall planning of the city up to 2020
encompassing 12 old inner districts, 5 newl-set up districts, and 5 outlying
districts covering 2,093.6 km2 with a population expected at 7,880,000 people
by 2010.
3. Contents of planning:
a/ Planning stage:
The overall planning of the water supply system
in Ho Chi Minh City is drawn up for the 2000-2010 period and the orientation is
for up to 2020.
b/ Planning for source of water:
Water for the water supply system in Ho Chi Minh
City shall come chiefly from the sources of surface water and underground
water.
Surface water sources:
Water from Dong Nai River and Saigon River shall
be used to supply Ho Chi Minh City. By 2010, the volume of water from Dong Nai
to supply Ho Chi Minh City shall be 1,500,000 m3/day-night, and from Saigon
River shall be 600,000 m3/day-night. To continue planning for construction of
reservoirs in the upstream reaches of Dong Nai and Saigon Rivers in order to
ensure water supply for the needs in production and life of Ho Chi Minh City in
the subsequent periods.
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The total exploitation capacity of underground
water by 2010 shall be 200,000 m3/day-night, of which 150,000 m3/day-night for
the inner city and 50,000 m3 /day-night for Cu Chi area. To continue surveys
and evaluation of the underground water reserve in the city area in order to
draw up exploitation plans when necessary.
c/ Water supply norms:
The norms for supply of living water and the
rate of recipient population shall conform with the Orientation for development
of urban water supply in Vietnam up to 2020 already ratified by the Prime
Minister.
The norms for supply of living water: 160-180
liters/person/day-night by 2005, 180-200 liters/person/day-night by 2010;
200-220 liters/person/day-night by 2020. Rate of recipient population shall be
85% by 2005, 95% by 2010 and 100% by 2020.
The volume of water needed by the city is
calculated at about 1,600,000 m3/day-night by 2005, about 2,400,000
m3/day-night by 2010 and 3,450,000m3/day-night by 2020.
The norms for reduction of water loss and
deficit in water bill payments: down to 28% by 2005 and 26% by 2010.
d/ Water treatment technology:
- For surface water: to apply traditional
technology combined with advanced technology, taking into consideration the
realistic situation in the city, it shall be necessary to use scientific and
technical advances to introduce flocculation
chemicals and new equipment into the works.
- With regard to the plants treating underground
water: to apply traditional technology in airing, decantation, quick filtering
and disinfection, to study the use of advanced technology and equipment of the
world.
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To build a complete network of water pipes to
ensure consumption of all the capacity of water supply of 2,400,000 m3/day -
night by 2010, taking into consideration the possibility of raising the
capacity for 2020; to build canalization lines to link the water supply sources
from the plants in the city in order to provide mutual support and develop the
supply efficiency to the highest. To perfect the building of the distribution
network in order to receive water from the Saigon River water plant for supply
to the western and southwestern areas of the city.
Depending on concrete technical conditions, to
divide the distribution network into a number of independent networks placed
under the management of the enterprises which shall be responsible for the
running, repair, maintenance, business and planning the development of the
consumption network in their areas.
f/ Water supply for the rural areas
To build an underground water plant in Cu Chi to
supply water for Cu Chi district town and neighboring population areas to build
distribution pipes and pressure intensifying stations in order to supply water
for Nha Be and Can Gio districts. To conduct exploration and survey of the
surface water and underground water sources in combination with the national
target program on rural clean water and environmental hygiene ratified by the
Prime Minister in Decision No. 237/1998/QD-TTg of December 3, 1998 and other
programs in order to ensure that by 2010 85% of the rural population shall get
clean water.
g/ Investment planning up to 2010:
- To complete the transformation of the Thu Duc
water plant of the ADB-funded project to raise its capacity to
750,000m3/day-night.
- To build the Saigon River water plant Phase 1,
with the capacity of 300,000m3/day-night.
- To build the BOT Lyonnaise des Eaux water
plant in Thu Duc with the capacity of 300,000 m3 day-night.
-To build the Go Vap underground water plant
with the capacity of 10,000m3 /day-night.
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- To raise the capacity of the Hoc Mon
underground water plant by 35,000m3/day-night.
- To build the Saigon River water plant, Phase
II with the capacity of 300,000m3/day-night
- To raise the capacity of the Thu Duc water
plant by 300,000m3/day-night.
- To build and expand the Cu Chi underground
water plant, the concentrated water supply stations in Tan Phu Trung and Tan
Quy, at the same time to build small water stations under the rural water
supply program, to ensure that by 2010 the total water supply capacity in the
suburban area will reach 200,000 m3/day-night.
- To build water supply pipes to bring water
from the Thu Duc and Saigon River water plants to the city, and the peripheral
pipe along National Highway No. 1 in order to link the two plants, to complete
the building of the Grade I network and the distribution network for the areas
in the East , West and South West of the City. To build the water pipes and the
pressure intensifying stations in order to supply water for Nha Be and Can Gio
districts.
- To build the control center to supervise the
water supply system of the city.
To carry out the program against water leakage
and loss in water bill payments, to restore the Hoa An - Thu Duc primary water
pipe, to conduct separation of networks, to install water meters for 100% of
water receiving households.
4. Total investment and capital sources:
Total investment in the overall planning for
water supply in Ho Chi Minh City up to 2010 is about VND 15,000 billion (
equivalent to USD 1 billion)
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5. Implementation measures :
- Mode of mobilizing resources: to comply with
the Orientation for development of urban water supply in Vietnam up to 2020 already
ratified by the Prime Minister.
- To begin implementing the Water Resource Law
aimed at safely protecting the underground and surface water sources of the
city; to strictly prohibit and take measures to handle cases of exploitation of
water without permission of the water source managing agency.
- To improve the organization, to raise the
capacity of the municipal Water Supply Company in order to effectively
administer the production and business in water.
-To sell water on the principle: the water charge
must cover expenditure and loan repayment and create conditions for the Water
Supply Company to ensure self- suppiciency" in finance.
- To concentrate efforts on stepping up the
implementation of the approved projects.
Article 2.- Assignment of tasks
- The People’s
Committee of Ho Chi Minh City shall assume prime responsibility and coordinate
with the ministries and branches in carrying out the investment plan in line
with the development needs of the city, effectively carry out the investment
program in line with the overall planning for the water supply system in Ho Chi
Minh City.
- The Ministry of Construction shall have to
examine and supervise the implementation of the planning for water supply in
line with the readjusted overall planning of Ho Chi Minh City up to 2020, guide
the elaboration of the works of building water supply projects and the
managerial, professional and technical work in water supply.
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- The Ministry of Science, Technology and
Environment and the Ministry of Health shall have to coordinate with the People’s Committee of Ho Chi Minh City in suggesting
measures to manage and protect safely the water source of the city and inspect
the quality of water according to current regulations.
- The Ministry of Planning and Investment, the
Ministry of Finance and the People’s
Committee of Ho Chi Minh City shall have to unify their mechanisms and
investment policies and mobilize the sources of capital to carry out this
planning.
Article 3.- This Decision takes effect 15 days after its
signing. The president of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s
Committee, the ministers of: Planning and Investment; Construction; Finance;
Agriculture and Rural Development; Science, Technology and Environment, Health,
the general director of the National Land Administration, the Governor of
Vietnam State Bank, and the heads of the concerned agencies shall have to
implement this Decision.
FOR THE PRIME MINISTER
DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER
Nguyen Tan Dung