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‘Not enough water for 2020’, says Phuket water chief


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12 minutes ago, Assurancetourix said:

I'm sure there will be enough for the surrounding golf courses ...:angry:

Good, nothing worse than playing on a dry golf course!

Guess they will be using their built in resources, one of the reasons they are designed with so many water holes and hazards I would guess :wink:

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This not only affects Phuket but many places around the world.

Phuket over the years with the massive amount of contributions to the coffers should have

planned for this as they dished out new building permits ( counted the toilets & shower cubicles)

& acted in an appropriate fashion ,,,,,,,mai pen rai.

Solar powered desalination is great but you still need a place close to shore to store it.

Hua Hin is just as much in trouble (owners or potential owners beware)

 

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8 hours ago, Just1Voice said:

You are an ISLAND! You are surrounded by an OCEAN! Has anyone even remotely considered a SOLAR POWERED DESALINATION PLANT? 

Sorry.  Rhetorical question

But does a desalination plant also cope with the  sewerage waters around Phuket  ?

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10 hours ago, Just1Voice said:

You are an ISLAND! You are surrounded by an OCEAN! Has anyone even remotely considered a SOLAR POWERED DESALINATION PLANT? 

Sorry.  Rhetorical question

Guess you are unaware that those plants are very very very expensive. 

 

The submarine is cheap compared to that. But yeah, best solution indeed.

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6 minutes ago, carabaothai said:

One day they will have to close all swimming pools. 

Why not fill pools with ocean water instead.. I think golf courses are worse, like Portugal imports water from Spain to maintain them.

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21 hours ago, natway09 said:

This not only affects Phuket but many places around the world.

Phuket over the years with the massive amount of contributions to the coffers should have

planned for this as they dished out new building permits ( counted the toilets & shower cubicles)

& acted in an appropriate fashion ,,,,,,,mai pen rai.

Solar powered desalination is great but you still need a place close to shore to store it.

Hua Hin is just as much in trouble (owners or potential owners beware)

 

But Phuket must have planned for the future, after all every one of the condos, hotels, malls etc., etc. constructed had to have an approved EIA before building works could start????

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On 1/17/2020 at 1:50 AM, Number 6 said:

Note to self:

 

When moving south to re-retire avoid Phuket.

Need to avoid more than Phuket. Pattaya is also dry.

 

Nothing shows up lack of planning like infrastructure incapable of accommodating the number of people allowed to live in an area. Not something limited to Thailand.

Once again greed has shown the local officials in a bad light. Allow unlimited building to get more tourists, and suffer lack of basics, like water.

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49 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Certainly not since the tsunami, when they rebuilt the same dump it was before. They had the chance to make it brilliant, and blew it big time.

Didn,t realise the whole place was wiped out, or perhaps they should have bulldozed the lot? 

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1 hour ago, Olmate said:

Didn,t realise the whole place was wiped out, or perhaps they should have bulldozed the lot? 

The whole place wasn't wiped out although Patong was trashed and the damage was on the west coast 

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7 minutes ago, ChipButty said:

The whole place wasn't wiped out although Patong was trashed and the damage was on the west coast 

I was responding to the suggestion that it was the chance to replace everything, stupid statement.

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