Base Data of Ho Chi Minh Water Supply Company

Section 1. Contact Information

1.1 Contact Name:
Dung, , Vo
1.2 Title:
Director
1.3 Mailing Address:
1 Cong Truong Quoc Te, District 3, HCMC
1.4 Telephone:
84-8 8291 777, 84-8235 640
1.5 Fax:
84-4 8241 644
1.6 Email Address:
hcmcwater@hcm.vnn.vn

Section 2. Water Supply Utility General Information

2.1 Utility Full Name:
Ho Chi Minh Water Supply Company
2.2 Utility short name or acronym:
HCMWSA
2.3 Country:
Vietnam
2.4 Region / State / Province:
Ho Chi Minh
2.5 Principal city / town:
Ho Chi Minh City
2.6 Type of services provided by the utility
  • piped water supply services
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)
  • management contract(s)
  • build, (own,) operate & transfer (BOOT, BOT) contract(s)

Section 3: Service Area

3.1 Size of Utility’s area of Responsibility:
2,095.01 km2
3.2 Size of Utility’s present service area:
1,551.33 km2
3.3 Population of Utility’s area of responsibility:
5,630,192 persons
3.4 Population of Utility’s present service area:
5,143,998 persons
3.5 Population served by the Utility with piped water supply:
3,539,421 persons
3.6 Number of towns served with piped water:
1

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
4.3 Capacity of production systems:
975,000 m3/day
4.4 Length of water distribution network:
3,422 km
4.5 Capacity of storage in network:
153,470 m3
4.6 Piped water supply connections:
Domestic (Households)
381,697
Non Domestic (industrial, commercial, institutional, other)
11,572
TOTAL
393,269
4.7 Number of connections with operating water meters:
392,178
4.8 Typical length of service pipe from main to water meter:
6.00 m

Section 5. Water Consumption & Production

5.1 Volume of water produced by the Utility:
286.70 million m3 / year
5.2 Volume of water bought in bulk from other utility / company:
58.07 million m3 / year
5.3 Volume of water metered:
209.40 million m3 / year
5.4 Estimated un-metered consumption:
39.00% of metered consumption
5.5 Estimated un-metered consumption due to meter inaccuracy:
5.00% of metered consumption
5.6 Volume of water billed / sold:
Domestic (Households)
154.58 million m3 / year
Non Domestic (industrial, commercial, institutional, other)
54.81 million m3 / year
Bulk water sales
0.00 million m3 / year
TOTAL
209.39 million m3 / year

Section 6. Water Supply System Performance

6.1 Number of customers who received intermittent supply:
1,091 connections
6.2 Typical duration of supply:
23.6 hours / day
6.3 Typical mains water pressure in your pipe network:
5.00 metres
6.4 Number of water pipe breaks in the distribution network:
15,335 # / year
6.5 Required no. of tests of treated water for residual chlorine:
8,760 # / year
6.6 No.of tests of treated water for residual chlorine carried out:
8,760 # / year
6.7 No.of tests of treated water for residual chlorine passed:
8,760 # / 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
7.2 Number of Full Time Equivalent (FTE) staff in the company:
Corporate Services (Management, Admin, Finance, Technical, etc.)
268
Water Supply (O&M, Customer Services, Support Services, etc)
1821
Other non water supply (e.g. wastewater, drainage, environment)
0
TOTAL
2089
7.3 No. of staff that participated in at least one training event during the year:
568 staff
7.4 Total no. of training days (? (participants x training event duration)) in the year:
180 days
7.5 Proportion of total operating budget used for HRD:
0.20%

Section 8. Customers

8.1 No. of new customers connected to water supply system during the year:
34,724 # / year
8.2 Number of customer complaints recorded during the year:
484 # / year
8.3 Means by which customer can make a recorded complaint
  • in person
  • by telephone
  • 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.
8.5 Typically what is the connection charge for new customers:
  local currency US$
Domestic (Households) 1,375,000.00 87.20
Non Domestic (industrial, commercial, institutional, other)
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 <=4 1700 0.11 zero <= 4000 0.25 zero <=
2
>4 <=6 2500 0.16 > <= > <=
3
>6 <=10 3200 0.20 > <= > <=
4
>10   4000 0.25 >   >  
8.8 Monthly water bill for a household consuming 6 m3 of water / month:
VND
US$
10200 0.65

Section 9. Finance

9.1 Water supply revenue of the company:
 
VND
US$
Water sales (consumption related & fixed charges)
578,965,927,601.00
36,715,449.78
Other water related revenue (e.g. materials sales, construction, etc.)
44,435,597,792.00
2,817,908.41
Subsidies and grants from Government & other sources
0.00
0.00
TOTAL
623,401,525,393.00
39,533,358.20
9.2 Year end Accounts Receivable:
VND
US$
43,013,520.00 2,727.73
9.3 Operating (recurrent) expenses of the company:
 
VND
US$
Water Supply Operating Expenses
377,753,709,574.00
23,955,463.86
Other services (e.g. drainage, wastewater)
0.00
0.00
Company Overhead (Corporate Expenses)
37,700,343,723.00
2,390,788.49
TOTAL
415,454,053,297.00
26,346,252.35
9.4 Water supply operating expenses of the company:
 
VND
US$
Labour Costs
68,456,050,797.00
4,341,178.95
Electricity
82,980,118,315.00
5,262,230.85
Chemicals & other Materials
18,368,798,519.00
1,164,867.68
Contracted out services
142,280,925,718.00
9,022,824.89
Other
65,667,816,225.00
4,164,361.48
TOTAL
377,753,709,574.00
23,955,463.86

Section 10. Capital Investment

10.1 Principal source of funds for investment in the last 5 years:
  • own internal sources of funding
  • loan from Government Bank.
  • loan from ODA sources
10.2 Gross fixed asset value including works in progress:
 
VND
US$
Water Supply Assets
272,665,123,000
17,291,212
Other services (e.g. drainage, wastewater)
0
0
Corporate Assets
996,794,137,105
63,212,261
TOTAL
1,269,459,260,105
80,503,473
10.3 Total debt servicing cost per year:
VND
US$
179,714,613,966 11,396,703

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