Base Data of Dong Thap Urban Water Supply, Sewerage& Environment Company

Section 1. Contact Information

1.1 Contact Name:
Van, Khoi, Ly
1.2 Title:
Director
1.3 Mailing Address:
No1 Ton Duc Thang, Ward 1, Cao Lanh Town, Dong Thap
1.4 Telephone:
067 853332, 067 851256
1.5 Fax:
067 852825
1.6 Email Address:
capthoatnuoc@hcm.vnn.vn

Section 2. Water Supply Utility General Information

2.1 Utility Full Name:
Dong Thap Urban Water Supply, Sewerage& Environment Company
2.2 Utility short name or acronym:
2.3 Country:
Vietnam
2.4 Region / State / Province:
Dong Thap
2.5 Principal city / town:
Dong Thap
2.6 Type of services provided by the utility
  • piped water supply services
  • waste water services
  • storm water drainage
  • solid waste services
  • Civil & industrial construction; waste colection & disposal; other environmental activities
2.7 Type of water utility: State owned enterprise operating under commercial law
2.8 Extent of private sector involvement in your utility:
  • service contract(s)

Section 3: Service Area

3.1 Size of Utility’s area of Responsibility:
227.42 km2
3.2 Size of Utility’s present service area:
222.62 km2
3.3 Population of Utility’s area of responsibility:
366,220 persons
3.4 Population of Utility’s present service area:
355,032 persons
3.5 Population served by the Utility with piped water supply:
219,782 persons
3.6 Number of towns served with piped water:
10

Section 4. Infrastructure Description

4.1 Source(s) of raw water
 
  • direct river abstraction
  • groundwater
4.2 Main methods of treatment used
  • disinfection
  • filtration
  • floculation and sedimentation
  • aeration
4.3 Capacity of production systems:
26,700 m3/day
4.4 Length of water distribution network:
123 km
4.5 Capacity of storage in network:
2,948 m3
4.6 Piped water supply connections:
Domestic (Households)
25,576
Non Domestic (industrial, commercial, institutional, other)
1,969
TOTAL
27,545
4.7 Number of connections with operating water meters:
27,490
4.8 Typical length of service pipe from main to water meter:
5.00 m

Section 5. Water Consumption & Production

5.1 Volume of water produced by the Utility:
9.60 million m3 / year
5.2 Volume of water bought in bulk from other utility / company:
0.10 million m3 / year
5.3 Volume of water metered:
6.70 million m3 / year
5.4 Estimated un-metered consumption:
27.00% of metered consumption
5.5 Estimated un-metered consumption due to meter inaccuracy:
25.00% of metered consumption
5.6 Volume of water billed / sold:
Domestic (Households)
4.70 million m3 / year
Non Domestic (industrial, commercial, institutional, other)
2.10 million m3 / year
Bulk water sales
0.00 million m3 / year
TOTAL
6.80 million m3 / year

Section 6. Water Supply System Performance

6.1 Number of customers who received intermittent supply:
9,573 connections
6.2 Typical duration of supply:
20.0 hours / day
6.3 Typical mains water pressure in your pipe network:
15.00 metres
6.4 Number of water pipe breaks in the distribution network:
1,273 # / year
6.5 Required no. of tests of treated water for residual chlorine:

6.6 No.of tests of treated water for residual chlorine carried out:
52 # / year
6.7 No.of tests of treated water for residual chlorine passed:
52 # / year

Section 7. Staff

7.1 Who does the work in your company:
  • permanent staff – salaried Government employees
  • permanent staff – with contract
  • casual / part-time – contract staff
  • casual / part-time – wages
7.2 Number of Full Time Equivalent (FTE) staff in the company:
Corporate Services (Management, Admin, Finance, Technical, etc.)
48
Water Supply (O&M, Customer Services, Support Services, etc)
142
Other non water supply (e.g. wastewater, drainage, environment)
168
TOTAL
358
7.3 No. of staff that participated in at least one training event during the year:
102 staff
7.4 Total no. of training days (? (participants x training event duration)) in the year:
1750 days
7.5 Proportion of total operating budget used for HRD:
1.63%

Section 8. Customers

8.1 No. of new customers connected to water supply system during the year:
2,382 # / year
8.2 Number of customer complaints recorded during the year:
475 # / year
8.3 Means by which customer can make a recorded complaint
  • in person
  • by telephone
  • by email
  • by letter
8.4 How does the Utility find out the views of its customers
  • from customer interactions (letters, telephone calls, enquiry counter, etc.)
  • by responding to customer complaints
  • from customer surveys, questionnaires, etc.
  • by market research
8.5 Typically what is the connection charge for new customers:
  local currency US$
Domestic (Households) 920,395.00 58.37
Non Domestic (industrial, commercial, institutional, other) 2,000,000.00 126.83
8.6 Typically what is the water supply fixed charge / month:
  local currency US$
Domestic (Households) 0.00 0.00
Non Domestic (industrial, commercial, institutional, other) 0.00 0.00
Bulk water sales 0.00 0.00
8.7 Typically what is the water tariff for metered consumption:
Tariff Block
Domestic
Non Domestic
Bulk water sales
From
To
Cost/m3
From
To
Cost/m3
From
To
Cost/m3
(m3/month)
(m3/month)
VND
US$
(m3/month)
(m3/month)
VND
US$
(m3/month)
(m3/month)
VND
US$
1
zero <= 2800 0.18 zero <= 3500 0.22 zero <=
2
> <= > <= > <=
3
> <= > <= > <=
4
>   >   >  
8.8 Monthly water bill for a household consuming 6 m3 of water / month:
VND
US$
16800 1.07

Section 9. Finance

9.1 Water supply revenue of the company:
 
VND
US$
Water sales (consumption related & fixed charges)
17,470,445,930.00
1,107,898.15
Other water related revenue (e.g. materials sales, construction, etc.)
17,443,795,658.00
1,106,208.11
Subsidies and grants from Government & other sources
0.00
0.00
TOTAL
34,914,241,588.00
2,214,106.26
9.2 Year end Accounts Receivable:
VND
US$
1,085,419,293.00 68,832.47
9.3 Operating (recurrent) expenses of the company:
 
VND
US$
Water Supply Operating Expenses
10,368,008,479.00
657,493.09
Other services (e.g. drainage, wastewater)
14,566,616,248.00
923,750.16
Company Overhead (Corporate Expenses)
2,991,682,944.00
189,719.26
TOTAL
27,926,307,671.00
1,770,962.50
9.4 Water supply operating expenses of the company:
 
VND
US$
Labour Costs
4,657,677,199.00
295,369.22
Electricity
2,830,643,653.00
179,506.86
Chemicals & other Materials
485,740,874.00
30,803.53
Contracted out services
876,904,620.00
55,609.40
Other
1,517,042,133.00
96,204.08
TOTAL
10,368,008,479.00
657,493.09

Section 10. Capital Investment

10.1 Principal source of funds for investment in the last 5 years:
  • own internal sources of funding
  • grant from Government or ODA project
10.2 Gross fixed asset value including works in progress:
 
VND
US$
Water Supply Assets
72,966,260,761
4,627,196
Other services (e.g. drainage, wastewater)
5,027,879,592
318,846
Corporate Assets
2,071,194,477
131,346
TOTAL
80,065,334,830
5,077,388
10.3 Total debt servicing cost per year:
VND
US$
7,104,088,014 450,510

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