Suphan Buri villages flooded with wastewater from ethanol plant

By The Nation

 

Photo from Facebook page “@queentogetherisone”

 

Two villages in Suphan Buri province’s Dan Chang district were swamped with black and stinking water after the wastewater treatment pond of an ethanol factory overflowed because of heavy downpour.

 

Popular Facebook page “@queentogetherisone” first published the post that heavy rains had caused the wastewater treatment pond to overflow at about 3am on Sunday.

 

The post said the wastewater from the pond had flooded Moo 7 and Moo 15 villages in Tambon Nong Makhamong, damaging the belongings of the residents, their sugarcane plantations and paddy rice fields.

“The colour of the water was very scary,” the post added.

 

Many fish in a nearby canal were reported to have died as the wastewater mixed with floodwater following the heavy rains.

 

Weerachai Phutdhawong, a lecturer in chemistry at Kasetsart University, explained that wastewater from an ethanol plant would cause a stench because of the hydrogen sulphide content which led to high acidity levels in the air. He warned that the stench and the high acidity could affect the respiratory organs of the people and could cause their utensils or kitchen tools to rust.

 

He said the wastewater needed to be urgently diluted with clean water.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30328219

 

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"Urgently diluted"?......Well, he's right to a degree, but as usual here in Thailand, the problems are always watered down....not removed.

This substance needs to be cleaned up immediately!.....and of course, the ethanol producer won't have one iota of a problem!

Just a minor hi-cup here Just do what what you want? Nobody  will be fined

7 hours ago, webfact said:

He warned that the stench and the high acidity could affect the respiratory organs of the people and could cause their utensils or kitchen tools to rust.

 

Our "stainless steel" kitchen cabinet handles also rust and the handles from the IKEA cabinets as well...

 

Our stainless steel kitchenutensils don't rust though.

It overflowed because of a heavy downpour/heavy rains. Think about this. Surely this means, in a tropical country, this would happen all the time. What's actually happening is the controls that should be in place aren't or if they are they're substandard. Why you might ask. KICKBACKS. CORRUPTION.

13 minutes ago, dinsdale said:

Why you might ask. KICKBACKS. CORRUPTION.

well, the place Is a Mess

12 minutes ago, YetAnother said:

well, the place Is a Mess

20 maybe 25 years ago Thais swam in the khlongs in BKK and surrounds. Industry and lack of environmental controls over said industries (again due to kickbacks) has certainly seen the end of that. Corrupt to the core and always will be.