Section 1. Contact Information
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| 1.1 Contact Name: |
Daophet, , Bouapha |
| 1.2 Title: |
General Manager |
| 1.3 Mailing Address: |
Nam Papa Nakhoneluang, Phonekheng Road, Vientiane, Lao PDR |
| 1.4 Telephone: |
856 21 412880-3, |
| 1.5 Fax: |
856 21 414378 |
| 1.6 Email Address: |
daophet@laotel.com |
Section 2. Water Supply Utility
General Information |
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| 2.1 Utility Full Name: |
Vientiane City Water Supply Enterprise |
| 2.2 Utility short name or acronym: |
Nam Papa Nakhoneluang |
| 2.3 Country: |
Lao PDR |
2.4 Region / State / Province:
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Vientiane Capital City |
2.5 Principal city / town:
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Vientiane Municipality |
2.6 Type of services provided by the utility
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- piped water supply services
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2.7 Type of water utility:
State owned enterprise operating under commercial law
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2.8 Extent of private sector involvement in your utility:
None
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Section 3: Service Area |
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3.1 Size of Utility’s area of Responsibility:
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3,920.00
km2 |
3.2 Size of Utility’s present service area:
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2,652.00
km2 |
3.3 Population of Utility’s area of responsibility:
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651,850
persons |
3.4 Population of Utility’s present service area:
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347,235
persons |
3.5 Population served by the Utility with piped water supply:
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251,549
persons |
3.6 Number of towns served with piped water:
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7 |
Section 4. Infrastructure Description
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4.1 Source(s) of raw water
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- direct river abstraction
- groundwater
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4.2 Main methods of treatment used
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- disinfection
- filtration
- floculation and sedimentation
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| 4.3 Capacity of production systems: |
101,100
m3/day |
| 4.4 Length of water distribution network: |
569
km |
| 4.5 Capacity of storage in network: |
17,460
m3 |
| 4.6 Piped water supply connections: |
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| Domestic (Households) |
40,936
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| Non Domestic (industrial, commercial, institutional,
other) |
5,378
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| TOTAL |
46,314
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| 4.7 Number of connections with operating water meters: |
46,314
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| 4.8 Typical length of service pipe from main to water meter: |
m |
Section 5. Water Consumption
& Production |
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| 5.1 Volume of water produced by the Utility: |
43.79
million m3 / year |
| 5.2 Volume of water bought in bulk from other utility / company: |
0.00 million m3 / year
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| 5.3 Volume of water metered: |
31.54 million m3 / year
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5.4 Estimated un-metered consumption:
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| 5.5 Estimated un-metered consumption due to meter inaccuracy: |
5.00% of metered consumption
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5.6 Volume of water billed / sold:
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| Domestic (Households) |
24.56 million m3 / year
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| Non Domestic (industrial, commercial, institutional,
other) |
6.98 million m3 / year
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| Bulk water sales |
0.00 million m3 / year
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| TOTAL |
31.54 million m3 / year
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Section 6. Water Supply System
Performance
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| 6.1 Number of customers who received intermittent supply: |
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| 6.2 Typical duration of supply: |
24.0 hours / day
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| 6.3 Typical mains water pressure in your pipe network: |
50.00 metres
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| 6.4 Number of water pipe breaks in the distribution network: |
2,960 # / year
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| 6.5 Required no. of tests of treated water for residual chlorine: |
1,825 # / year
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| 6.6 No.of tests of treated water for residual chlorine carried out: |
1,825 # / year
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| 6.7 No.of tests of treated water for residual chlorine passed: |
1,825 # / year
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Section 7. Staff |
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| 7.1 Who does the work in your company: |
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- permanent staff – salaried Government employees
- casual / part-time – contract staff
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| 7.2 Number of Full Time Equivalent (FTE) staff in the company: |
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| Corporate Services (Management, Admin, Finance, Technical,
etc.) |
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Water Supply (O&M, Customer Services, Support
Services, etc)
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Other non water supply (e.g. wastewater, drainage,
environment)
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0 |
TOTAL
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347 |
7.3 No. of staff that participated in at least one training event during
the year:
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staff |
7.4 Total no. of training days (? (participants x training event duration))
in the year:
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412 days |
7.5 Proportion of total operating budget used for HRD:
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0.50%
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Section 8. Customers |
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8.1 No. of new customers connected to water supply system during the year:
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1,668 # / year
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8.2 Number of customer complaints recorded during the year:
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8.3 Means by which customer can make a recorded complaint
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8.4 How does the Utility find out the views of its customers
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- from customer interactions (letters, telephone calls, enquiry counter,
etc.)
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| 8.5 Typically what is the connection charge for new customers: |
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local currency |
US$ |
| Domestic (Households) |
1,100,000.00 |
104.07 |
| Non Domestic (industrial, commercial, institutional, other) |
1,500,000.00 |
141.91 |
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| 8.6 Typically what is the water supply fixed charge / month: |
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local currency |
US$ |
| Domestic (Households) |
1,860.00 |
0.18 |
| Non Domestic (industrial, commercial, institutional, other) |
2,460.00 |
0.23 |
| Bulk water sales |
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| 8.7 Typically what is the water tariff for metered consumption: |
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Tariff Block |
Domestic |
Non Domestic |
Bulk water sales
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From |
To |
Cost/m3 |
From |
To |
Cost/m3 |
From |
To |
Cost/m3 |
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(m3/month) |
(m3/month) |
LAK
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US$ |
(m3/month) |
(m3/month) |
LAK |
US$ |
(m3/month) |
(m3/month) |
LAK |
US$ |
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1 |
zero |
<=5 |
350 |
0.03 |
zero |
<=10 |
1210 |
0.11 |
zero |
<= |
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2 |
>5 |
<=30 |
526 |
0.05 |
>10 |
<=50 |
1720 |
0.16 |
> |
<= |
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3 |
>30 |
<= |
706 |
0.07 |
>50 |
<= |
2364 |
0.22 |
> |
<= |
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4 |
> |
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> |
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> |
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| 8.8 Monthly water bill for a household consuming 6 m3 of water / month: |
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Section 9. Finance
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9.1 Water supply revenue of the company:
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LAK |
US$ |
| Water sales (consumption related & fixed charges) |
17,408,520,000.00
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1,646,974.46
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| Other water related revenue (e.g. materials sales, construction,
etc.) |
3,724,220,000.00
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352,338.69
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| Subsidies and grants from Government & other sources |
0.00
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0.00
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| TOTAL |
21,132,740,000.00
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1,999,313.15
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9.2 Year end Accounts Receivable:
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LAK |
US$ |
| 6,225,964,000.00 |
589,022.14 |
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9.3 Operating (recurrent) expenses of the company:
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LAK |
US$ |
Water Supply Operating Expenses
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13,912,312,197.00
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1,316,207.40
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Other services (e.g. drainage, wastewater)
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0.00
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0.00
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Company Overhead (Corporate Expenses)
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3,930,164,936.00
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371,822.61
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| TOTAL |
17,842,477,133.00
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1,688,030.00
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9.4 Water supply operating expenses of the company:
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LAK |
US$ |
| Labour Costs |
3,787,315,000.00
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358,307.95
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| Electricity |
1,801,723,000.00
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170,456.29
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| Chemicals & other Materials |
6,704,238,000.00
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634,270.39
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| Contracted out services |
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| Other |
2,449,546,000.00
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231,745.13
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| TOTAL |
14,742,822,000.00
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1,394,779.75
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Section 10. Capital Investment
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10.1 Principal source of funds for investment in the last 5 years:
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- grant from Government or ODA project
- loan from Government Bank.
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10.2 Gross fixed asset value including works in progress:
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LAK |
US$ |
| Water Supply Assets |
226,378,030,000
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21,417,032
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| Other services (e.g. drainage, wastewater) |
0
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0
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| Corporate Assets |
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| TOTAL |
226,378,030,000
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21,417,032
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10.3 Total debt servicing cost per year:
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LAK |
US$ |
| 2,903,686,000 |
274,710 |
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