Section 1. Contact Information
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| 1.1 Contact Name: |
Thien, Ngoc, Doan |
| 1.2 Title: |
Vice Director |
| 1.3 Mailing Address: |
02 Hung Dao Vuong St, Ward 1, Vinh Long Town, Vinh Long Province, Vietnam |
| 1.4 Telephone: |
070-832975, 0913-889369 |
| 1.5 Fax: |
070-832975 |
| 1.6 Email Address: |
thiencnvl @hotmail.com |
Section 2. Water Supply Utility
General Information |
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| 2.1 Utility Full Name: |
Vinh Long Water Supply Company |
| 2.2 Utility short name or acronym: |
Vinh Long WSC |
| 2.3 Country: |
Vietnam |
2.4 Region / State / Province:
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Vinh Long |
2.5 Principal city / town:
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Vinh Long Town |
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:
- service contract(s)
- build, (own,) operate & transfer (BOOT, BOT) contract(s)
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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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67.50
km2 |
3.2 Size of Utility’s present service area:
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58.80
km2 |
3.3 Population of Utility’s area of responsibility:
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149,650
persons |
3.4 Population of Utility’s present service area:
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143,500
persons |
3.5 Population served by the Utility with piped water supply:
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91,615
persons |
3.6 Number of towns served with piped water:
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5 |
Section 4. Infrastructure Description
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4.1 Source(s) of raw water
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4.2 Main methods of treatment used
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- filtration
- floculation and sedimentation
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| 4.3 Capacity of production systems: |
22,400
m3/day |
| 4.4 Length of water distribution network: |
224
km |
| 4.5 Capacity of storage in network: |
4,500
m3 |
| 4.6 Piped water supply connections: |
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| Domestic (Households) |
17,548
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| Non Domestic (industrial, commercial, institutional,
other) |
1,347
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| TOTAL |
18,895
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| 4.7 Number of connections with operating water meters: |
18,895
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| 4.8 Typical length of service pipe from main to water meter: |
7.00
m |
Section 5. Water Consumption
& Production |
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| 5.1 Volume of water produced by the Utility: |
8.20
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: |
5.80 million m3 / year
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5.4 Estimated un-metered consumption:
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29.00% of metered consumption
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| 5.5 Estimated un-metered consumption due to meter inaccuracy: |
4.00% of metered consumption
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5.6 Volume of water billed / sold:
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| Domestic (Households) |
3.80 million m3 / year
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| Non Domestic (industrial, commercial, institutional,
other) |
2.00 million m3 / year
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| Bulk water sales |
0.00 million m3 / year
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| TOTAL |
5.80 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: |
0 connections
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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: |
15.00 metres
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| 6.4 Number of water pipe breaks in the distribution network: |
178 # / year
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| 6.5 Required no. of tests of treated water for residual chlorine: |
1,080 # / year
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| 6.6 No.of tests of treated water for residual chlorine carried out: |
1,080 # / year
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| 6.7 No.of tests of treated water for residual chlorine passed: |
1,046 # / 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
- permanent staff – with contract
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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.) |
50 |
Water Supply (O&M, Customer Services, Support
Services, etc)
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150 |
Other non water supply (e.g. wastewater, drainage,
environment)
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0 |
TOTAL
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200 |
7.3 No. of staff that participated in at least one training event during
the year:
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42 staff |
7.4 Total no. of training days (? (participants x training event duration))
in the year:
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210 days |
7.5 Proportion of total operating budget used for HRD:
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0.33%
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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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1,482 # / year
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8.2 Number of customer complaints recorded during the year:
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25 # / 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.)
- by responding to customer complaints
- from customer surveys, questionnaires, 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) |
1,000,000.00 |
63.42 |
| Non Domestic (industrial, commercial, institutional, other) |
10,500,000.00 |
665.86 |
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| 8.6 Typically what is the water supply fixed charge / month: |
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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 |
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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) |
VND
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US$ |
(m3/month) |
(m3/month) |
VND |
US$ |
(m3/month) |
(m3/month) |
VND |
US$ |
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1 |
zero |
<= |
2700 |
0.17 |
zero |
<= |
3900 |
0.25 |
zero |
<= |
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2 |
> |
<= |
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> |
<= |
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> |
<= |
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3 |
> |
<= |
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> |
<= |
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> |
<= |
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4 |
> |
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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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VND |
US$ |
| Water sales (consumption related & fixed charges) |
13,702,000,000.00
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868,920.03
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| Other water related revenue (e.g. materials sales, construction,
etc.) |
5,922,000,000.00
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375,546.96
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| Subsidies and grants from Government & other sources |
0.00
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0.00
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| TOTAL |
19,624,000,000.00
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1,244,466.99
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9.2 Year end Accounts Receivable:
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VND |
US$ |
| 41,700,000.00 |
2,644.43 |
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9.3 Operating (recurrent) expenses of the company:
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VND |
US$ |
Water Supply Operating Expenses
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12,339,000,000.00
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782,484.62
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Other services (e.g. drainage, wastewater)
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4,728,000,000.00
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299,828.78
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Company Overhead (Corporate Expenses)
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830,000,000.00
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52,634.92
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| TOTAL |
17,897,000,000.00
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1,134,948.32
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9.4 Water supply operating expenses of the company:
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VND |
US$ |
| Labour Costs |
4,246,000,000.00
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269,262.48
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| Electricity |
2,071,000,000.00
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131,333.63
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| Chemicals & other Materials |
392,000,000.00
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24,858.90
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| Contracted out services |
93,000,000.00
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5,897.65
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| Other |
5,537,000,000.00
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351,131.97
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| TOTAL |
12,339,000,000.00
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782,484.62
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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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- own internal sources of funding
- grant from Government or ODA project
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10.2 Gross fixed asset value including works in progress:
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VND |
US$ |
| Water Supply Assets |
86,907,000,000
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5,511,256
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| Other services (e.g. drainage, wastewater) |
0
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0
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| Corporate Assets |
1,640,000,000
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104,002
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| TOTAL |
88,547,000,000
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5,615,258
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10.3 Total debt servicing cost per year:
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