VietNamNet Bridge – The capital city hoped to entirely deal with flooding in the center by 2015. The city’s average rainfall is nearly 1,680 mm annually, higher than the average of previous decades.

According to the city’s water drainage planning to 2030, Hanoi will put an end to flooding in the city’s center, including the districts of Hoan Kiem, Ba Dinh, Dong Da, Hai Ba Trung and Hoang Mai in 2015.

From 2012 to 2015, the city will also deal with floods in residential areas of satellite towns of Hanoi and repair current lakes in the city’s center.

To have funds for operating the water drainage system and waste water treatment system, Hanoi will have to collect waste water fees, which will rise gradually from VND1,501/cu.m ($0.07) in 2015 to VND12,000 ($0.6)/cu.m in 2020 and VND52,500 ($2.6)/cu.m in 2030.

The city’s current annual rain fall is nearly 1,680 mm, higher than the average of the previous decades. In the future, the city’s water drainage system will be designed to fit with the increase of rainfall, based on Vietnam’s climate change script.

Compiled by Le Ha