Base Data of Lam Dong Water Supply Company

Section 1. Contact Information

1.1 Contact Name:
Thanh, Xuan , Pham
1.2 Title:
Director of Quality Management Office
1.3 Mailing Address:
03 Dinh Tien Hoang St, Da Lat, Lam Dong, Vietnam
1.4 Telephone:
063-837412 , 0913-615261
1.5 Fax:
063-824050
1.6 Email Address:
cndalat@hcm.vnn.vn; pxuanthanh@hcm,vnn.vn

Section 2. Water Supply Utility General Information

2.1 Utility Full Name:
Lam Dong Water Supply Company
2.2 Utility short name or acronym:
2.3 Country:
Vietnam
2.4 Region / State / Province:
Lam Dong
2.5 Principal city / town:
Dalat
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: None

Section 3: Service Area

3.1 Size of Utility’s area of Responsibility:
9,765.00 km2
3.2 Size of Utility’s present service area:
4,740.00 km2
3.3 Population of Utility’s area of responsibility:
1,124,784 persons
3.4 Population of Utility’s present service area:
779,170 persons
3.5 Population served by the Utility with piped water supply:
317,000 persons
3.6 Number of towns served with piped water:
5

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:
42,000 m3/day
4.4 Length of water distribution network:
990 km
4.5 Capacity of storage in network:
13,500 m3
4.6 Piped water supply connections:
Domestic (Households)
32,354
Non Domestic (industrial, commercial, institutional, other)
4,028
TOTAL
36,382
4.7 Number of connections with operating water meters:
36,382
4.8 Typical length of service pipe from main to water meter:
15.00 m

Section 5. Water Consumption & Production

5.1 Volume of water produced by the Utility:
12.50 million m3 / year
5.2 Volume of water bought in bulk from other utility / company:
0.00 million m3 / year
5.3 Volume of water metered:
10.20 million m3 / year
5.4 Estimated un-metered consumption:
18.00% of metered consumption
5.5 Estimated un-metered consumption due to meter inaccuracy:
2.00% of metered consumption
5.6 Volume of water billed / sold:
Domestic (Households)
7.10 million m3 / year
Non Domestic (industrial, commercial, institutional, other)
3.10 million m3 / year
Bulk water sales
0.00 million m3 / year
TOTAL
10.20 million m3 / year

Section 6. Water Supply System Performance

6.1 Number of customers who received intermittent supply:
0 connections
6.2 Typical duration of supply:
24.0 hours / day
6.3 Typical mains water pressure in your pipe network:
30.00 metres
6.4 Number of water pipe breaks in the distribution network:
2,054 # / year
6.5 Required no. of tests of treated water for residual chlorine:
1,125 # / year
6.6 No.of tests of treated water for residual chlorine carried out:
1,139 # / year
6.7 No.of tests of treated water for residual chlorine passed:
1,081 # / year

Section 7. Staff

7.1 Who does the work in your company:
  • permanent staff – salaried Government employees
  • permanent staff – with contract
7.2 Number of Full Time Equivalent (FTE) staff in the company:
Corporate Services (Management, Admin, Finance, Technical, etc.)
65
Water Supply (O&M, Customer Services, Support Services, etc)
297
Other non water supply (e.g. wastewater, drainage, environment)
0
TOTAL
362
7.3 No. of staff that participated in at least one training event during the year:
250 staff
7.4 Total no. of training days (? (participants x training event duration)) in the year:
days
7.5 Proportion of total operating budget used for HRD:
0.30%

Section 8. Customers

8.1 No. of new customers connected to water supply system during the year:
4,668 # / year
8.2 Number of customer complaints recorded during the year:
22 # / 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) 750,000.00 47.56
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) 4,000.00 0.25
Non Domestic (industrial, commercial, institutional, other) 315.00 0.02
Bulk water sales
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 1730 0.11 zero <= 4230 0.27 zero <=
2
>4 <=6 2730 0.17 > <= > <=
3
>6 <= 3230 0.20 > <= > <=
4
>   >   >  
8.8 Monthly water bill for a household consuming 6 m3 of water / month:
VND
US$
18000 1.14

Section 9. Finance

9.1 Water supply revenue of the company:
 
VND
US$
Water sales (consumption related & fixed charges)
23,997,000,000.00
1,521,783.25
Other water related revenue (e.g. materials sales, construction, etc.)
6,495,000,000.00
411,884.08
Subsidies and grants from Government & other sources
0.00
0.00
TOTAL
30,492,000,000.00
1,933,667.32
9.2 Year end Accounts Receivable:
VND
US$
215,000,000.00 13,634.35
9.3 Operating (recurrent) expenses of the company:
 
VND
US$
Water Supply Operating Expenses
17,883,000,000.00
1,134,060.50
Other services (e.g. drainage, wastewater)
0.00
0.00
Company Overhead (Corporate Expenses)
2,962,000,000.00
187,836.90
TOTAL
24,684,000,000.00
1,565,349.74
9.4 Water supply operating expenses of the company:
 
VND
US$
Labour Costs
7,963,000,000.00
504,978.12
Electricity
7,041,000,000.00
446,508.97
Chemicals & other Materials
4,181,000.00
265.14
Contracted out services
4,721,400,000.00
299,410.24
Other
TOTAL
19,729,581,000.00
1,251,162.47

Section 10. Capital Investment

10.1 Principal source of funds for investment in the last 5 years:
10.2 Gross fixed asset value including works in progress:
 
VND
US$
Water Supply Assets
162,482,000,000
10,303,887
Other services (e.g. drainage, wastewater)
0
0
Corporate Assets
1,795,000,000
113,831
TOTAL
164,277,000,000
10,417,718
10.3 Total debt servicing cost per year:
VND
US$
0 0

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