VietNamNet Bridge – At least six major lakes in Hanoi have become severely polluted due to the dumping of thousands of cubic meters of sewage water from households and factories each day, according to a newlyreleased report from the Centre for Environment and Community Research.

They are Linh Quang, Van Chuong, Kim Lien, Thien Quang , Ba Mau, and Ao Phu.

According to research by the centre at 120 lakes and ponds in Hanoi in 2010, 71% of the lakes in the city were seriously polluted.

As rubbish is dumped into the lakes and people continue to build onto their surface area, many lakes in Hanoi may disappear.

The authorities have tried to dredge mud and grow rafts of pollutant-resistant plants on affected lakes but the situation has not improved, due to a large amount of daily sewage.

About 650,000 cubic meters of wastewater is discharged into the river system each day. However, the capital only has three waste treatment plants with total capacity of 206,000 cubic meters a day.

Below are the latest images of the mostseriously polluted lakes in Hanoi:

Van Chuong Lake        Thien Quang Lake        Ba Mau Lake            Linh Quang Lake          Giang Vo Lake      Kim Lien Lake          Tu Lien Lake       Ao Phu

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