HCM City Authorities Approve EPC Bid for Wastewater Treatment Project

Ho Chi Minh City authorities have approved an Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) bid for the Nhum Spring wastewater treatment facility. The construction of the plant which has a daily treatment capacity of 65,000 cubic meters is scheduled to be completed by 2012, local authorities said on its website Jan. 11. The Nhum Spring is receiving a large amount of untreated industrial wastewater and the polluted spring is threatening the Dong Nai River.