LivinginKata Posted April 12, 2019 Share Posted April 12, 2019 43 minutes ago, Joe Mcseismic said: Anyone else notice that water-tanker traffic on the roads has increased markedly over the last month? Yes ... and our water tanker bills have gone through the roof. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Mcseismic Posted April 12, 2019 Author Share Posted April 12, 2019 46 minutes ago, LivinginKata said: Yes ... and our water tanker bills have gone through the roof. How much have they increased by over the last few months? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LivinginKata Posted April 12, 2019 Share Posted April 12, 2019 47 minutes ago, Joe Mcseismic said: How much have they increased by over the last few months? Price not changed, just the quantity as no gov supply or saved rain. Pay 1,000 Baht for 12k liters, although if Patong guy has to go over to Chalong have to pay 200 baht fuel cost. Seems ok to me. 700 Baht for 8k liter truck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isaanjohnno Posted April 12, 2019 Share Posted April 12, 2019 I have a deeper bore than you at 96 meters and it remains clean, cool and plentiful year after year. Seemingly not many are sucking from my aquifer unlike the shallower ones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Mcseismic Posted April 12, 2019 Author Share Posted April 12, 2019 41 minutes ago, isaanjohnno said: I have a deeper bore than you at 96 meters and it remains clean, cool and plentiful year after year. Seemingly not many are sucking from my aquifer unlike the shallower ones I also have a deep bore, but, only use it if my well runs dry.........which it hasn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Mcseismic Posted April 19, 2019 Author Share Posted April 19, 2019 Sudden drop in the water table over the last couple of weeks. Am now down to just over a metre and it takes ages to refill. This hasn't happened since 2005. Guess I'll be using water from the narrow bore, which has never been necessary since it was drilled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Croc Posted April 20, 2019 Share Posted April 20, 2019 My large well temporarily ran dry yesterday for the first time in a couple of years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Mcseismic Posted April 20, 2019 Author Share Posted April 20, 2019 If it's drying out in Chalong, you know that the rest of southern Phuket is having problems....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Mcseismic Posted April 25, 2019 Author Share Posted April 25, 2019 Weird! My well water level has now increased by one metre. The vagaries of the water-table. Now off the deep bore and back onto well water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hansgruber Posted April 25, 2019 Share Posted April 25, 2019 5 hours ago, Joe Mcseismic said: Weird! My well water level has now increased by one metre. The vagaries of the water-table. Now off the deep bore and back onto well water. Probably the septic tanks releasing into the water table. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tifino Posted April 25, 2019 Share Posted April 25, 2019 what is the legality of actually installing roof gutters, and installing massive (10k+litre) water tanks. Just don't see any gutters at all in LOS - oh except for on 6 storey hotels with years of forethought, the water deficit could have at least been partly averted! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Croc Posted April 25, 2019 Share Posted April 25, 2019 4 minutes ago, tifino said: what is the legality of actually installing roof gutters, and installing massive (10k+litre) water tanks. Just don't see any gutters at all in LOS - oh except for on 6 storey hotels with years of forethought, the water deficit could have at least been partly averted! Mine, and every house in the street have gutters. Many people collect rainwater into tanks this way. I've thought about it, but the house came with a working well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beechbum Posted April 30, 2019 Share Posted April 30, 2019 On 4/25/2019 at 12:53 PM, tifino said: what is the legality of actually installing roof gutters, and installing massive (10k+litre) water tanks. Just don't see any gutters at all in LOS - oh except for on 6 storey hotels with years of forethought, the water deficit could have at least been partly averted! No legalities at all for installing gutters. There was an western guy that had a seamless guttering company here, they pressed the guttering to suit on site from the machine mounted in the back of a truck, found them a year after we'd already installed ours unfortunately, if doing it again I'd definitely use the seamless type. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevenl Posted May 19, 2019 Share Posted May 19, 2019 On 4/12/2019 at 9:40 AM, Joe Mcseismic said: Anyone else notice that water-tanker traffic on the roads has increased markedly over the last month? And now the water truck traffic has reduced considerably again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shot Posted May 19, 2019 Share Posted May 19, 2019 Not long ago, there were more water trucks on the street at 3am then taxis and bar girls still looking for work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patong2 Posted May 20, 2019 Share Posted May 20, 2019 Has there been enough rain to raise the water level in your well to a usable level yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Croc Posted May 20, 2019 Share Posted May 20, 2019 2 hours ago, Patong2 said: Has there been enough rain to raise the water level in your well to a usable level yet? There shouldn't be any more worries, the wet season officially starts today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy William Schlitter Posted May 24, 2019 Share Posted May 24, 2019 I had a well dug in Mae Wang near Chiang Mai where I wanted it for our convenience and not the driller with a diving rod. The drilled dug 140 meters yes meters and at the end of the month our well capacity was approximately 1200 liters per hour continuously using a compressor to clean the newly dug well. In the dry season the water level in the well dropped about 2 meters. By the way our well pump was placed at 40 meter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy William Schlitter Posted May 24, 2019 Share Posted May 24, 2019 On 2/17/2019 at 3:05 PM, stevenl said: You learned from experience, so far no such problems for me, since 2003 using this well. Do you raise the pump to get by the well cap, my well pipe is made by screwing 1 1/4 inch blue pipe together . I would be concerned about braking the pipe and loosing my pump. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevenl Posted May 24, 2019 Share Posted May 24, 2019 1 hour ago, Troy William Schlitter said: Do you raise the pump to get by the well cap, my well pipe is made by screwing 1 1/4 inch blue pipe together . I would be concerned about braking the pipe and loosing my pump. My pump is at the surface. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soalbundy Posted May 24, 2019 Share Posted May 24, 2019 I had my cisterns filled by water tankers....shortly before it rained. The water in my well is good to go (Surin province), I can't measure it, it's 28 meters deep and has a pipe going into the ground, very good water pressure now though, the toilette water tank gets a real blast when the toilette is flushed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HighPriority Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 Probably the septic tanks releasing into the water table. The Thaivisa app doesnt let me laugh... ????????????Sent from my iPad using Thailand Forum - Thaivisa mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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