webfact Posted August 22, 2019 Share Posted August 22, 2019 Phuket’s water bosses claim there will be enough water By The Thaiger PHOTO: Bang Neow Dam in Thalang, just a few muddy ponds Well into the second half of the Phuket wet season and the three main dams are well below capacity, Bang Wad Dam just over 13% capacity and the Bang Neow Dam in Thalang district around 5%, mostly unusable muddy ponds. The newer Khlong Katha in Chalong is at a much higher level, about 30% of capacity. But this time of the year the three dams need to be well on their way to full capacity if the island is to get through the high tourists season and dry season without a repeat of last year’s muddle where provincial obfuscation and confusion put the health of thousands of residents at risk by cutting off their water supply and water trucks became more populous than passenger vans. The lack of water also co-incides with increased development and more tourists arriving each year. Now the Director of the Phuket Provincial Irrigation Office, Somsawat Chaisinsod, is calling for province administrators and the Phuket Provincial Waterworks Authority to begin water saving campaigns as the annual heavy rains in October may not arrive or be less frequent. The suggestion of water ‘restrictions’ was not mentioned in the meeting. At a meeting attended by Phuket’s Governor Phakaphong Tavipatana, Mr. Somsawat claimed that the island’s annual rainfall, for the first seven months of 2019, has only been 10% less than average. But the dams are a LOT more than 10% lower in capacity. In the case of the Bang Neow Dam in Srisoontorn, it’s virtually empty. A representative from the PWA said that the Authority is currently buying 45,000 cubic metres of water per day from undisclosed “private sources” to top up the island’s potable water needs. “The PWA is in the process of securing water supply from a new supplier to improve the water supply and reduce the volume of water drawn from the dams.” Meanwhile Prapan Kanprasang, chief of the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation in Phuket, told The Phuket News he “believes Phuket has enough water to the island through the next dry season, after the annual rains cease early November”. “We have enough water to use.” Source: https://thethaiger.com/hot-news/environment/phukets-water-bosses-claim-there-will-be-enough-water -- © Copyright The Thaiger 2019-08-22 Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking Thailand news and visa info Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jano22 Posted August 22, 2019 Share Posted August 22, 2019 Then everything should be ok.........hmmmm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LivinginKata Posted August 22, 2019 Share Posted August 22, 2019 Gives new meaning to sticking head in the sand .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PETERTHEEATER Posted August 22, 2019 Share Posted August 22, 2019 We don't want Nam Talay...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madmitch Posted August 22, 2019 Share Posted August 22, 2019 As most people had their water supplies cut back this year from March onwards, I have no idea how he can come out with a statement like this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy chappie Posted August 22, 2019 Share Posted August 22, 2019 Liar liar your pants are on fire.we the educated know differently. i bet he's crapping himself that his cushy jobs on the line. if I was him I would get to the temple and have a word with the big man in the sky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oziex1 Posted August 22, 2019 Share Posted August 22, 2019 Did I hear he has a fleet of tanker trucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fullcave Posted August 23, 2019 Share Posted August 23, 2019 Incredibly in this modern era of bullet trains, smart phones and submarines they still have not sorted out Thailand's seasonal water shortages and flash flooding the second it starts raining. TIT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valentine Posted August 23, 2019 Share Posted August 23, 2019 Nothing to worry about then apart from the fact the annual rains may not be the same as other years. I wonder if they include volume of silt in their total as that surely must grow each year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psimbo Posted August 23, 2019 Share Posted August 23, 2019 Methinks someone is deluded. These were taken yesterday. they raise 2 questions: A- why was this not excavated to a proper depth in the first place? B- why, now that the majority of the reservoir can be accessed, are they not digging it out and increasing the capacity ( I realise some engineer will probably come along and say its about stress on the dam but it looks pretty shallow to start off with). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LivinginKata Posted August 23, 2019 Share Posted August 23, 2019 all looks very sad to me. See even more tankers in high season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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