The long-lasting heatwave and declining rainfall have been drying the Ke Go irrigation dam, which provides water for farming and daily activities for thousands of households in Ha Tinh Province, located in north-central Vietnam.

Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper reporters during a visit to the reservoir on Monday discovered that the amount of water in the dam was critically low, making many parts of the reservoir bed visible.

Situated in Cam My Commune, Cam Xuyen District, the Ke Go irrigation dam was built in 1976 with a capacity of 345 million cubic meters. It provides water for agricultural production and daily activities of dwellers in Cam Xuyen District, Thach Ha District, and Ha Tinh City.

According to a leader of Nam Ha Tinh Irrigation Company, which manages and operates the dam, water levels are extremely low around this time of the year and this situation has occurred over the past few years.

The current water level in the dam is 17.26 meters high, with some 45.5 million cubic meters of water left.

The depleting volume of water has affected operations of some water supply plants in the area. If this situation persists, the water supply for agricultural production will be impacted.

A representative of the Bac Cam Xuyen water supply plant, which uses water provided by the Ke Go reservoir, told Tuoi Tre that the plant is unable to take untreated water from the dam for use due to the critically-low water level.

Instead, it opted for a backup plan in which it gets water supplied by the Boc Nguyen reservoir, which spans Cam Xuyen and Thach Ha, to serve its operations.

This plan also called on local residents to stock up on water to avoid the probable shortfall of clean water happening on some days when the plant temporarily stops supplying water.

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