A water supply system was installed and put into operation in Nhơn Ái Commune in Cần Thơ’s Phong Điền District at the end of last year. — VNA/VNS Photo Thu Hiền

CẦN THƠ —  More households in Cần Thơ are getting clean water as the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta city expands investment in water supply to rural and remote areas.

Danh Phước Bảy in Thới Trường 1 Hamlet in Cờ Đỏ District’s Thới Xuân Commune said he lives in an area with few households, among fields and far away from the commune’s centre, and canals there often dry up during the peak dry season.

However, locals do not worry about water since the city has installed pipes in the area, he said.

“Having plenty of clean water of reliable quality, conveniently obtained and safe compared to water from canals, makes people here are very glad.”

Bùi Thanh Hiếu, deputy head of the Cờ Đỏ District Bureau of Agriculture and Rural Development, said in the 2023-24 dry season, the weather was severely hot, and in some localities in the delta households faced a shortage of water.

But in Cờ Đỏ, households received sufficient water, he said.

The city has laid 100km of pipes to provide water to more than 3,000 unserved households in the district since 2020, he said.

Nguyễn Thế Lâm, deputy director of the Centre for Rural Water Supply and Environmental Sanitation, said water pipelines have been installed or upgraded in Phong Điền, Thới Lai, Cờ Đỏ, and Vĩnh Thạnh districts since 2020.

The city has 118 clean water supply facilities with a capacity of 226,740cu.m a day in rural areas that provide water to more than 153,400 households.

The rate of rural households with access to clean water has reached 93 per cent now and is likely to increase to 94 per cent by the end of this year.

The city targets providing water to all rural households by 2030. — VNS