250,000 Hanoi Families Get Tap Water again, Safety Announcement Pending

Vinaconex Water Supply Joint Stock Company (Viwasupco) resumed water supply to locals in southwestern Hanoi, which is estimated to server 250,000 households, on Wednesday night. However, Viwaco Joint Stock Company (Viwaco), one of the distributors, told the media that they restored the water supply but the authorities would have to confirm the safety and quality of the water later. Viwasupco had cut service to parts of Hanoi on Tuesday to clean its pipes and reservoirs after its water source was contaminated by used oil, affecting more than 250,000 families with around one million people in the capital city. The company provides 300,000 cubic meters per day to 10 districts in the entire southwestern part of Hanoi. (VnExpressEnglish, VnExpress, Dan Tri, Tuoi Tre, VietnamNet, Lao Dong, Thanh Nien, Nguoi Lao Dong, Nguoi Lao Dong)