베트남의 Ly Son Island 지역에 1천250만 달러(2억6천400만 베트남 동) 규모로 하루 2천㎥의 담수화를 처리해 약 1만6천 명의 주민에게 식수를 공급하는 담수화 플랜트가 건설되었다. 이 프로젝트는 올해 말부터 한국 KOICA로부터 환불불가 자금(non-refundable funds)을 조달받을 예정이다.

Ly Son Island 위원회의 대리 의장인 Pham Thi Huong은 “플랜트는 4월에서 5월 사이의 건기에 Thoi Loi 저수지가 농업·생활용수 공급을 제한 급수할 때 담수의 심각한 부족현상을 줄여줄 것”이라고 발했다.

 

 

 

Having acquired electricity only last year, Vietnam's Ly Son Island is to build a VND 264 billion (US$ 12.5 million), 2,000 m³/d desalination plant to provide potable water to 16,000 islanders.

 

The project will be financed with non-refundable funds from the Korean International Co-operation Agency (KOICA) later this year.

 

Vice-chairwoman of the island's People's Committee, Pham Thi Huong said: "The plant will ease the serious shortage of fresh water in the dry season (between April and May) on the island, when the Thoi Loi reservoir has limited water supply for farming and daily use, and the wells used for farming become saline.

 

"The district used 83% of its total groundwater reserves in the worst drought in the island's history last year." The district has 414 traditional wells and 132 drilled wells to provide water to homes and for more than 100 ha of vegetable farms. The island grows 3,500 tonnes of onions and 2,000 tonnes of garlic each year.

 

Three years ago, South Korean heavy industry conglomerate, Doosan Vina gave US$ 1 million for a desalination plant that would provide 200 m³/d of fresh water each day to the inhabitants of An Binh Islet.

 

[출처 = Desalination & Water Reuse / 2015년 10월 19일]