Mekong Delta sets up public tap water faucets as saline intrusion peaks

17/02/2020, 10:32

The delta will also set up more public tap water faucets, plastic water containers and large plastic water bags at the offices of People’s Committees and cultural houses in communes to supply fresh water for local residents.Water tank trucks will provide fresh water to about 40,000 households in the provinces of Kien Giang, Ben Tre, Long An, Ca Mau and Tra Vinh.Ben Tre and Tra Vinh will install facilities to filter saltwater and brackish water and turn it into freshwater for local residents in affected areas.On February 9 – 11, Nguyen Xuan Cuong, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, visited several provinces to inspect the effects of saltwater intrusion and drought.  The delta, the country’s largest rice, fruit and seafood producer, is facing saltwater intrusion during the 2019 - 20 dry season.It is expected to reach its peak this month and in the first half of March,...

Pumping irrigation water for agricultural production in Tien Giang province's

 Go Cong district

Source: VNA


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