Base Data of Phu Tho Water Supply Company

Section 1. Contact Information

1.1 Contact Name:
Phuong, Van, Ha
1.2 Title:
1.3 Mailing Address:
No 143 Tran Phu Street - Viet Tri - Phu Tho
1.4 Telephone:
0210 846531, 0913 282014
1.5 Fax:
0210 848064
1.6 Email Address:
haphuong_cnpt@yahoo.com

Section 2. Water Supply Utility General Information

2.1 Utility Full Name:
Phu Tho Water Supply Company
2.2 Utility short name or acronym:
PTOWSC
2.3 Country:
Vietnam
2.4 Region / State / Province:
Phu Tho
2.5 Principal city / town:
Viet tri
2.6 Type of services provided by the utility
  • piped water supply services
  • waste water services
  • Urban Waste Disposal
2.7 Type of water utility: State owned enterprise operating under commercial law
2.8 Extent of private sector involvement in your utility:

Section 3: Service Area

3.1 Size of Utility’s area of Responsibility:
1,444.20 km2
3.2 Size of Utility’s present service area:
301.90 km2
3.3 Population of Utility’s area of responsibility:
823,285 persons
3.4 Population of Utility’s present service area:
305,167 persons
3.5 Population served by the Utility with piped water supply:
112,060 persons
3.6 Number of towns served with piped water:
6

Section 4. Infrastructure Description

4.1 Source(s) of raw water
 
  • direct river abstraction
4.2 Main methods of treatment used
  • filtration
  • floculation and sedimentation
4.3 Capacity of production systems:
40,000 m3/day
4.4 Length of water distribution network:
187 km
4.5 Capacity of storage in network:
2,500 m3
4.6 Piped water supply connections:
Domestic (Households)
21,930
Non Domestic (industrial, commercial, institutional, other)
480
TOTAL
22,410
4.7 Number of connections with operating water meters:
22,410
4.8 Typical length of service pipe from main to water meter:
13.50 m

Section 5. Water Consumption & Production

5.1 Volume of water produced by the Utility:
6.50 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:
5.50 million m3 / year
5.4 Estimated un-metered consumption:
5.5 Estimated un-metered consumption due to meter inaccuracy:
5.6 Volume of water billed / sold:
Domestic (Households)
2.70 million m3 / year
Non Domestic (industrial, commercial, institutional, other)
2.68 million m3 / year
Bulk water sales
0.00 million m3 / year
TOTAL
5.38 million m3 / year

Section 6. Water Supply System Performance

6.1 Number of customers who received intermittent supply:

6.2 Typical duration of supply:
21.0 hours / day
6.3 Typical mains water pressure in your pipe network:
39.23 metres
6.4 Number of water pipe breaks in the distribution network:
5 # / year
6.5 Required no. of tests of treated water for residual chlorine:
365 # / year
6.6 No.of tests of treated water for residual chlorine carried out:
365 # / year
6.7 No.of tests of treated water for residual chlorine passed:
365 # / 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.)
32
Water Supply (O&M, Customer Services, Support Services, etc)
250
Other non water supply (e.g. wastewater, drainage, environment)
0
TOTAL
282
7.3 No. of staff that participated in at least one training event during the year:
30 staff
7.4 Total no. of training days (? (participants x training event duration)) in the year:
450 days
7.5 Proportion of total operating budget used for HRD:
10.00%

Section 8. Customers

8.1 No. of new customers connected to water supply system during the year:
2,603 # / year
8.2 Number of customer complaints recorded during the year:
0 # / 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.
  • by market research
8.5 Typically what is the connection charge for new customers:
  local currency US$
Domestic (Households) 650,000.00 41.22
Non Domestic (industrial, commercial, institutional, other) 900,000.00 57.07
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 <= 2500 0.16 zero <= 3000 0.19 zero <=
2
> <= > <= > <=
3
> <= > <= > <=
4
>   >   >  
8.8 Monthly water bill for a household consuming 6 m3 of water / month:
VND
US$
15000 0.95

Section 9. Finance

9.1 Water supply revenue of the company:
 
VND
US$
Water sales (consumption related & fixed charges)
17,286,504,300.00
1,096,233.39
Other water related revenue (e.g. materials sales, construction, etc.)
6,677,698,393.00
423,470.00
Subsidies and grants from Government & other sources
1,800,000,000.00
114,148.01
TOTAL
25,764,202,693.00
1,633,851.40
9.2 Year end Accounts Receivable:
VND
US$
9.3 Operating (recurrent) expenses of the company:
 
VND
US$
Water Supply Operating Expenses
17,286,000,000.00
1,096,201.41
Other services (e.g. drainage, wastewater)
4,000,000,000.00
253,662.25
Company Overhead (Corporate Expenses)
4,478,202,693.00
283,987.74
TOTAL
25,764,202,693.00
1,633,851.40
9.4 Water supply operating expenses of the company:
 
VND
US$
Labour Costs
4,300,000,000.00
272,686.92
Electricity
10,000,000,000.00
634,155.62
Chemicals & other Materials
1,986,000,000.00
125,943.31
Contracted out services
Other
1,000,000,000.00
63,415.56
TOTAL
17,286,000,000.00
1,096,201.41

Section 10. Capital Investment

10.1 Principal source of funds for investment in the last 5 years:
  • loan from ODA sources
10.2 Gross fixed asset value including works in progress:
 
VND
US$
Water Supply Assets
221,707,967,950
14,059,735
Other services (e.g. drainage, wastewater)
Corporate Assets
16,000,000,000
1,014,649
TOTAL
237,707,967,950
15,074,384
10.3 Total debt servicing cost per year:
VND
US$
5,868,518,479 372,155

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