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This paper, whilst presenting the survey results on some characteristics of public water use in 3 rural communes: Dien Loc, Quang Ngan and Quang Tho, tries to assess the local acceptability on the public water price and the quality of public water service. | JOURNAL OF SCIENCE, Hue University, Vol. 69, No. 6, 2011 CURRENT STATUS OF PUBLIC WATER ACCESS AND USE IN RURAL AREA OF THUA THIEN HUE PROVINCE: THE CASE STUDIES OF DIEN LOC, QUANG NGAN AND QUANG THO COMMUNES Pham Khac Lieu, Tran Anh Tuan and Nguyen Bac Giang College of Sciences, Hue University Abstract. Consideration on clean water has always been given to rural areas in Vietnam as a whole and particularly in Thua Thien Hue province. Recently, great efforts of Thua Thien Hue Water Supply and Construction Company (HUEWACO) have brought about a substantially increased number of households gaining access to public water in both urban and rural areas. To provide a basis for the development of public water supply network in rural area of the province, it is needed to conduct a study on the status of public water access and use in some target communes. Semi-structured interview and questionnaire survey on such issues in three rural communes namely Dien Loc (Phong Dien district), Quang Ngan and Quang Tho (Quang Dien district) shows that the levels of water access to centralized public water system and water use vary significantly between three communes. It is also revealed that there still exist complaints regarding the public water service such as water quality, suspension of supply and low pressure. The proportion of complaining respondents is the highest in Dien Loc and the lowest in Quang Tho. Approximately 63.2% of survey households in Dien Loc, 70.9% in Quang Ngan and 76.5% in Quang Tho believed that the current prices are reasonable. More than 90% of them said in the event the high quality of public water was secured, they were willing to pay a higher water price. Keywords: water access, water use, rural area, Dien Loc, Quang Ngan, Quang Tho. 1 Introduction Unclean water, coupled with a lack of basic sanitation conditions, kills at least 1.6 million children under the age of 5 in the world every year (WHO and UNICEF, 2006). At present, there is only 46% of .
