Faserkraft enters Quang Nam

Faserkraft is planning to set up a joint venture with Ho Chi Minh City-based Pha Le to develop Vu Gia water supply plant in Dai Loc district.

Deputy chief of the Quang Nam Provincial People’s Committee’s Office Nguyen Ngoc Nam said the plant, with a capacity of 250,000 cubic metres per day, will be fed with water from Vu Gia River.

Recently, local leaders had worked with Faserkraft on the project and the Russian company would conduct a field survey and provide a detailed report to the committee, Nam said.  

Quang Nam, home to two world cultural heritage sites – Hoi An Ancient Town and My Son Holy Land - welcomes a large number of domestic and international tourists each year. However, many places in the province, particularly mountainous and coastal areas, are facing severe clean water shortages.

The province has 387 integrated clean supply works with a combined designed capacity of 40,679 cubic metres per day, of which only 65 works have stable operations, accounting for 16.8 per cent. The water use rate meeting the national technical regulation on domestic water quality stands at merely 14.9 per cent.   

“The Vu Gia water plant is planned to supply clean water to the entire Quang Nam province and central Danang city. The provincial authorities support the investor in this project as the proposed plant is expected to largely deal with the water shortages in the region,” said Nam.  

Last month, Faserkraft Vietnam was also licenced to build a clean water supply plant with the total investment capital of VND75 billion ($3.6 million) in the Mekong Delta’s Tra Vinh province.

The plant, located at Long Duc Industrial Park and designed to have a daily capacity of 9,500 cubic metres, will be constructed in two years and have a life span of 43 years. When operational, the new facility will supply clean water to the local  people in Tra Vinh and surrounding areas.