webfact Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 Angry Phuket residents in ‘no water’ protestDarawan NaknakhonOutnumbered: water official Phichet Chonlayut (in uniform) listens to the villagers' complaint.PHUKET: -- Fifty residents of the Saiyuan Med Village development went to the Phuket Provincial Water Supply (PWS) office this morning (July 21) to complain that they have had no water for two months.Prawit Wiriyanora-anan, managing director of Phuket Sunshine Property Partnership led the residents to deliver a protest letter to PWS director Phichet Chonlayut.Mr Prawit said, “Fifty-five homes have had a water problem for more than two months. When villagers told PWS officials about this, there was no solution.” This, he said, was because the officials had not taken the problem seriously.“All the villagers want the PWS to explain why they are getting no water and for all relevant officials to sign a written pledge that they will fix the water pipes which always have problems.” He also said villagers had been receiving water bills even though they were getting no water.Mr Prawit added, “If officials take no action, we will take our complaint to higher authorities.” After receiving the complains, Mr Phichet said, “We have been trying to fix this problem ever since we got the intial reports about two months ago. We will redouble our efforts.”Source: http://www.thephuketnews.com/angry-phuket-residents-in-%E2%80%98no-water%E2%80%99-protest-47444.php-- Phuket News 2014-07-21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lostsoul49 Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 2 months without the 'elixir of life'? How do they cope. I went 5 days without and was going crazy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterdarby Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 2 months without the 'elixir of life'? How do they cope. I went 5 days without and was going crazy. Water trucks deliver all over Phuket. It's not a longterm solution though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retell Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 2 months without the 'elixir of life'? How do they cope. I went 5 days without and was going crazy. Let the tank being filled by private companies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post FireMedic Posted July 21, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted July 21, 2014 I'm glad they are gonna "redouble" their efforts. 0 x 2 = 0. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glassdude007 Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 (edited) our town (Rawai) water is at a trickle most weekends, almost like they close the taps when they go home on Fridays...hmmmmmm Trucked water sucks.... dirty Tin mine untreated stuff I think... always leaves dusty residue all around bath, the dishes, not to metion what it does to my hair.... Things like this and un-reliable electric service piss me off... Edited July 21, 2014 by glassdude007 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacko45k Posted July 22, 2014 Share Posted July 22, 2014 "We will redouble our efforts.” And not get it fixed in four months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valentine Posted July 22, 2014 Share Posted July 22, 2014 It apparently took one hour after the protest to get their water back on. Seems like the valve was closed for water rationing a while back & the water dept simply forgot to turn it back on. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KarenBravo Posted July 22, 2014 Share Posted July 22, 2014 Life must be miserable if you can't flush toilets, or take a shower. When it comes to basics like water, electricity and rubbish collection, it seems Rawai is the worst place on the island. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KarenBravo Posted July 22, 2014 Share Posted July 22, 2014 It apparently took one hour after the protest to get their water back on. Seems like the valve was closed for water rationing a while back & the water dept simply forgot to turn it back on. Wow! How embarrassing..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oziex1 Posted July 22, 2014 Share Posted July 22, 2014 Life must be miserable if you can't flush toilets, or take a shower. When it comes to basics like water, electricity and rubbish collection, it seems Rawai is the worst place on the island. But hey we have some great new flood lights around the place so we can see the rubbish all over the place any time day or night. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NamKangMan Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 It apparently took one hour after the protest to get their water back on. Seems like the valve was closed for water rationing a while back & the water dept simply forgot to turn it back on. "the valve was closed for water rationing" - more like the valve was closed for water carting. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KarenBravo Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 In a news source, it said that it was a faulty pump which has been repaired. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valentine Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 In a news source, it said that it was a faulty pump which has been repaired. Miraculously repaired 1 hour after the protest. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nedkellylives Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 We have decent water pressure again at long last Seems the only way to get water problems fixed is to blockade the water supply office, waste of time calling them on the phone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glassdude007 Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 Life must be miserable if you can't flush toilets, or take a shower. When it comes to basics like water, electricity and rubbish collection, it seems Rawai is the worst place on the island. Not sure Rawai qualifies as the worst place on the island, have to think more on that one a bit.... Chalong is not the beautiful village it was years ago either, lots of drug trafficking, contract killings, crime after dark (mostly off duty cops on the piss singing Karaoke at 4am) and the traffic sucks there, Not to mention the polluted unusable for anything but boat trrafic Chalong Bay and the congested with mini vans roads around it... Will they ever fix the road near the Chalong Light house(empty) restaurant near boat ramp where somebody drone over it where the cement was still wet messed up the whole Road years ago. man that road sucks and its main tourist beach road in Chalong. So if Rawai is wort place on the island Chalong can not be far behind.IMHO as for Rawai.. No worries flushing the crapper as that's about all the trucked in water is used for, electric is a Island wide problem not just Rawai, Our trash is collected often except on Thai holidays not really an issue here, The crime after dark and the murder rate here for such a small place like Rawai is a concern as well.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KarenBravo Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 (edited) Life must be miserable if you can't flush toilets, or take a shower. When it comes to basics like water, electricity and rubbish collection, it seems Rawai is the worst place on the island. Not sure Rawai qualifies as the worst place on the island, have to think more on that one a bit.... Chalong is not the beautiful village it was years ago either, lots of drug trafficking, contract killings, crime after dark (mostly off duty cops on the piss singing Karaoke at 4am) and the traffic sucks there, Not to mention the polluted unusable for anything but boat trrafic Chalong Bay and the congested with mini vans roads around it... Will they ever fix the road near the Chalong Light house(empty) restaurant near boat ramp where somebody drone over it where the cement was still wet messed up the whole Road years ago. man that road sucks and its main tourist beach road in Chalong. So if Rawai is wort place on the island Chalong can not be far behind.IMHO as for Rawai.. No worries flushing the crapper as that's about all the trucked in water is used for, electric is a Island wide problem not just Rawai, Our trash is collected often except on Thai holidays not really an issue here, The crime after dark and the murder rate here for such a small place like Rawai is a concern as well.. I'm talking about services supplied by the local government and government agencies only. You are talking about something entirely different. Always reading about power cuts in Rawai, yet, no cuts in Chalong. The rubbish collection truck comes once every two days. I don't see piles of rubbish dumped by the side of the road that stays there long. Check just before the road that goes to the paradise bar about 10 metres from the Rawai OrBorTor. Crap that's been there ages. Never heard of government water going off in Chalong, either, though, I suspect most people here don't rely on it as Chalong is a sweet spot on the island for well-water. Edited July 25, 2014 by KarenBravo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nedkellylives Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 Must be 2 Chalongs on Phuket When we lived there it was not unusual to have no power, water or Internet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KarenBravo Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 (edited) Must be 2 Chalongs on Phuket When we lived there it was not unusual to have no power, water or Internet Must be. I hardly ever have problems with electric. Roadside plants regularly cut and two old ladies on a salaeng with work-vests sweeping the streets. But then, the OrBorTor isn't far away and a few ex-OrBorTor members live in the soi. Soon as a street-light bulb blows, it's replaced on the next working day. Even have workers come and trim the trees if they start getting too close to electrical wires Chalong is a big area, I can only say what it's like locally. We're looked after very well where I am. Edited July 25, 2014 by KarenBravo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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