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On Thursday, the citizens at the four blocks of the Ehome S apartment complex in Phu Huu Ward did not have clean water sources for daily use. Water shortages have lasted since Wednesday, affecting thousands of people.
Pham Huong, a citizen at the complex, said that the apartment management board announced that water supply was cut until 12 p.m. Wednesday as the water supply unit has yet to fix the pipes. But clean water did not return after that.
The lack of clean water prevented her family of four from showering or doing laundry. They could not do anything about the dirty house and dishes.
By around 10 p.m. Wednesday, the water company had sent water tankers out. Thousands of people brought with them buckets to store the water, but the efforts were not significant. The people had to continue to wait in line so they could bring the water into the elevators and into their own apartments.
"I waited to secure a little water for essential daily activities," Huong said.
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Adults and children wait in line with buckets to collect water from a tanker at EHome S apartment complex in HCMC's Thu Duc City on the night of April 3, 2024. Photo by VnExpress/Pham Huong |
A representative of Ehome S said the Thu Duc Water company had resumed the water supply starting at 4 p.m. Wednesday, but the water flow was too weak for the people to pump them into their houses for use. Around 1,240 families, with around 3,000 people, were affected by the lack of clean water.
Nguyen Cong Minh, director of the Thu Duc Water company, said the issue had to do with a water pipe located near the apartment complex. However, the unit had fixed it and water had been resupplied at 1 p.m.
"However, as the Ehome S apartment complex is located at the end of the water supply chain, the flow was not strong enough for the water to reach them," Minh said, adding that the company would send in tankers to supply the people with more water. Clean water access should return to normal by noon, he added.
