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Thousands in Central Vietnam Face Severe Water Shortage Amid Heatwave
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Thousands in Central Vietnam Face Severe Water Shortage Amid Heatwave

From Thanh Niên · () Vietnamese

Translated from Vietnamese and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Thousands of households in Chan May-Lang Co, Hue City, are experiencing a severe water shortage due to a prolonged heatwave depleting local sources.
  • A mobile water treatment station with a capacity of 4,000 m3/day has been installed and is nearing connection to the main pipeline to alleviate the crisis.
  • Residents are resorting to collecting water from mobile water trucks and facing significant hardship, impacting daily life, businesses, and even essential services like healthcare and schools.

Residents of Chan May-Lang Co in Hue City are enduring a severe water crisis, describing it as an unprecedented 'great thirst' brought on by a relentless heatwave. For over a week, taps have run dry, leaving water tanks empty in homes, medical facilities, and schools. The lack of water has forced construction projects to halt and businesses to suspend operations, causing widespread distress.

For over a week, the taps in homes, medical facilities, and schools have been dry, with water tanks empty.

— Article textDescribing the severity of the water shortage.

Locals are forced to wake as early as 2 a.m. to catch a few drops of water trickling from their taps. For families with infants, like Phan Thi Thuy's, the scarcity is particularly acute. Many residents gather at the roadside with buckets and containers, waiting for mobile water trucks from HueWaco, the local water company. These trucks, each carrying a maximum of 5 m3, must travel 20-30 km from Loc An commune, with a single 500-meter stretch taking an hour due to the high demand.

I have to wake up at 2 a.m. to open the tap and wait for water to trickle.

— Phan Thi ThuyA resident describing her daily struggle to collect water.

"Without water, everything is turned upside down," said Tran Thi Cau, an elder from Thuy Yen village. "I'm over 70, and I have to go to the fields to relieve myself because the toilet has no water to flush. Any little water I collect is saved for the children."

Without water, everything is turned upside down. I'm over 70, and I have to go to the fields to relieve myself because the toilet has no water to flush.

— Tran Thi CauAn elder expressing the profound impact of the water shortage on daily life.

Social media is filled with images and frustrated comments about the water shortage. In areas like Loc Tien and the former Loc Thuy commune, some families collect only 20 liters of water after a full day of waiting, while others receive none. The situation highlights the vulnerability of the region, which, despite its natural water sources like streams and waterfalls, is facing a critical deficit.

Some families collect only 20 liters of water after a full day of waiting, while others receive none.

— Article textIllustrating the insufficient supply from mobile water trucks.
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Originally published by Thanh Niên in Vietnamese. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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