1,400 Households Lack Clean Water in Binh Son: Waking Up All Night for Every Drop of Water

Residents in the My Tan and Vinh Tra hamlets of Binh Son commune, Quang Ngai province, are grappling with a persistent and severe clean water shortage. The situation has become a daily struggle, particularly for elderly residents who must wake through the night to monitor and collect precious drops of water.

Le Thi Tin, 57, described her routine of setting alarms every hour to check the water supply. "If I sleep through it, my whole family won't have water the next day," she explained. Even when the tap is open, water flow is often too weak to fill storage tanks. For cooking and bathing, many, like Tin, have to ask neighbors for water, while laundry piles up for days until a sufficient reserve is collected.

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If I sleep through it, my whole family won't have water the next day

At 75, Nguyen Thi Huong still makes multiple trips daily to carry water from a stable source over 200 meters away. "My husband and I live on the water we can beg for," she said, relying on river water for basic cleaning and asking for drinking water. The strenuous effort has taken a toll on her health, leading to a fall while carrying water during the intense summer heat.

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My husband and I live on the water we can beg for

Le Thi Ngoc, 76, who lives alone and has difficulty walking, has gone over a week without running water. She depends on her grandchildren to transport water from elsewhere. "It's very hard living alone," she said. "Every night I stay up late, then wake up a few hours later to see if any water has come to collect. Some nights, I wait the whole night and don't get much."

According to the Binh Son Commune People's Committee, approximately 1,400 households are directly affected by this ongoing water crisis.

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It's very hard living alone