Thousands of residents in Ho Chi Minh City carry buckets and basins to collect water in the middle of the night.

TPO - Late at night on April 3, thousands of residents of the Ehomes Phu Huu apartment building (Phu Huu ward, Thu Duc city, HCMC) had to use buckets, basins, plastic cans, etc. to collect water from the tanker truck to bring back to their apartments for use.

Talking to Tien Phong newspaper reporter, Mr. T. (resident of Ehomes Phu Huu apartment building) said that he was informed by the apartment building management board that there was a water outage since morning, but his house did not have many items so he could only collect 2 reserve buckets.

By evening, when he got home from work, this resident was exhausted because there was not enough water to bathe or cook. Mr. T. had to buy bottled water to drink and used 2 plastic buckets to collect water from the tanker truck to wash dishes, cook and save a little for personal hygiene.

Thousands of residents of Ehomes Phu Huu apartment building (Phu Huu ward, Thu Duc city, Ho Chi Minh city) use buckets, basins, plastic cans, etc. to collect water from tankers for use.

“Usually, when there is a water outage, it only lasts for a few hours, but it lasted all day. My wife and children had to take a shower and have dinner at a friend’s house nearby. Life has been turned upside down,” said Mr. T.

According to the reporter's records, until 10 p.m. on April 3, many residents were still lining up to get water. Transporting water was quite difficult, some people used handcarts to make it easier to move on the road and up and down the elevator. The water supply was limited, so some people could not get water even though they waited.

The owner of a convenience store in the apartment building shared that since the afternoon of April 3, the consumption of 18-liter water bottles and bottled water has increased dramatically. Many households came down to buy 2-3 18-liter water bottles at once, along with a whole case of 5-liter, 1.5-liter, and 500-ml water.

People prepare buckets, basins and water jugs, waiting for the tanker truck to deliver water.

A representative of the Ehomes Phu Huu apartment management board informed that with 4 buildings and nearly 4,000 residents, the place consumes about 600 m3 of water every day. Therefore, the water shortage greatly affects the daily life of the residents.

"According to the announcement from Thu Duc Water Supply Company, our apartment building is not in the affected area but the water supply has been weak and cut off since the night of April 2. Not in the plan, we still have 90% of the water tank (about 1,000 m3 of water, including 500 m3 of fire-fighting water not used for daily life). However, due to high consumption and long water outage, there is still not enough water to supply residents," said the representative of Ehomes Phu Huu Apartment Management Board.

Hundreds of buckets of water were requisitioned by the people.

According to this person, from the afternoon until late at night on April 3, Thu Duc Water Supply Company provided 3 tankers, a total of 15 m3 of water to residents. The water supply unit reported that they encountered unexpected technical problems during the pipeline repair process and hoped to receive sympathy from the people.

"The 3 tankers supply less than 1/10 of the residents' water needs. We have cut off all water supply to the public system to save as much as possible. Currently, the water supply unit has not announced the time when water will be restored," added a representative of the Ehomes Phu Huu Apartment Management Board.

Thu Duc Water Supply Company has not announced the time when water will be restored at Ehomes Phu Huu apartment building.

According to the announcement from Thu Duc Water Supply Joint Stock Company, Waseen Water Supply and Environment Construction Investment Company Limited will connect the temporary pipeline D400 of the project package to relocate the water supply pipeline of the An Phu traffic intersection project (Thu Duc City). Therefore, Thu Duc Water Supply Joint Stock Company will temporarily stop supplying water from 10pm on April 2 to 4am on April 3.

The areas where water supply is temporarily suspended include: Mai Chi Tho Street (right side from Mai Chi Tho - Luong Dinh Cua intersection to Rach Chiec bridge, An Phu ward, Thu Duc city); Nguyen Thi Dinh Street, Palmcity area, Lakeview area, Nam Rach Chiec area, Saigon Binh An area, The Global City (An Phu ward, Thu Duc city); Binh Trung Dong ward; Binh Trung Tay ward; Thanh My Loi ward; Cat Lai ward.

Thu Duc Water Supply Joint Stock Company requests customers in the above area to reserve water for production and daily life during the temporary water supply outage.

Nhan Le

Source: https://tienphong.vn/ca-nghin-cu-dan-tai-tphcm-mang-xo-chau-di-hung-nuoc-giua-dem-post1625984.tpo