webfact 82,714 Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 Salty tap water needs urgent attention (Photo by PORNCHAI KITTIWONGSAKUL / AFP) Experts come up with a short-term fix and a long-term solution to the problem of salty tap water that looks set to become a permanent fixture Residents of Bangkok are living in limbo. In addition to the persistent problem of fine particulate matter – the so-called PM.25 – air pollution that has adverse effects on health, salty public tap water is just adding, well, salt to the wound. Residents living in the east of Bangkok have been hit hard by water salinity as the area depends on water from the Pathum Thani station, while the most of the west part of the city uses water sent from the Mae Klong Dam to the Maha Sawat tap water production plant in Nonthaburi’s Bang Kruai district. Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/salty-tap-water-needs-urgent-attention/ -- © Copyright Thai PBS 2021-02-23 - Whatever you're going through, the Samaritans are here for you - Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates Link to post Share on other sites
Popular Post fangless 4,601 Posted February 23 Popular Post Share Posted February 23 (edited) It may have helped if the headline had said "(East of) Bangkok" rather than implying that "all" tap water" "needs urgent attention"! Some of us reading TV do not live in Bangkok! Edited February 23 by fangless 2 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites
JTXR 748 Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 The water salinity even on the west side of town is much, much less now than it was 2 weeks ago. https://twqonline.mwa.co.th/EN/map.php?type=sal Link to post Share on other sites
hotchilli 17,514 Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 17 hours ago, webfact said: Experts come up with a short-term fix and a long-term solution to the problem of salty tap water that looks set to become a permanent fixture And the long term solution was? Link to post Share on other sites
Retfed50 96 Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 51 minutes ago, hotchilli said: And the long term solution was? The long term solution is to continue using short term fixes like they do every year. Link to post Share on other sites
hotchilli 17,514 Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 Just now, Retfed50 said: The long term solution is to continue using short term fixes like they do every year. I was thinking along the same lines, everything in Thailand seems to revolve around short term things. Link to post Share on other sites
klauskunkel 20,837 Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 18 hours ago, webfact said: Experts come up with a short-term fix I know that one: It's the One Baht coin replacing the shorted fuse in the Filter Assembly. Right??? Link to post Share on other sites
digger70 2,358 Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 3 hours ago, hotchilli said: And the long term solution was? Don't drink it ,Buy Beer. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
RocketDog 2,503 Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 20 hours ago, fangless said: It may have helped if the headline had said "(East of) Bangkok" rather than implying that "all" tap water" "needs urgent attention"! Some of us reading TV do not live in Bangkok! Yeah, but anybody that counts does . Or so they'd have us believe. I've lived here four years and been to Bangkok once besides going to the airport. The whole scene is just too much for this country boy. Link to post Share on other sites
metisdead 8,958 Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 21 hours ago, fangless said: It may have helped if the headline had said "(East of) Bangkok" rather than implying that "all" tap water" "needs urgent attention"! Some of us reading TV do not live in Bangkok! Please note, this topic is in the Bangkok News forum which is about news in the Bangkok area. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
fangless 4,601 Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 24 minutes ago, metisdead said: Please note, this topic is in the Bangkok News forum which is about news in the Bangkok area. I just clicked on the topic and did not read which forum and assumed it was general news! Link to post Share on other sites
rickudon 1,352 Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 Long term, Bangkok sinks by a centimetre or two every year, and sea level rises by 0.3 cm a year. So looks like salt will be a growing problem. Either build a new water treatment works or abandon Bangkok! 1 Link to post Share on other sites
unblocktheplanet 425 Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 Only reverse osmosis filters can filter out salt. Are there really no fine minds figuring out how to keep us going? Seems dire to me! Link to post Share on other sites
impulse 21,108 Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 10 hours ago, hotchilli said: And the long term solution was? Getting restaurants to add more salt to the food, so residents don't even notice the taste in the water. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
fondue zoo 480 Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 (edited) On 2/24/2021 at 5:27 PM, rickudon said: Long term, Bangkok sinks by a centimetre or two every year, and sea level rises by 0.3 cm a year. So looks like salt will be a growing problem. Either build a new water treatment works or abandon Bangkok! Edited February 26 by fondue zoo Link to post Share on other sites
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