Hunt for Kamala wastewater dumping heads upstream

By Tanyaluk Sakoot

 

Workers cut a channel through the sand so that the fetid water from the canal could flow into the sea at Kamala Beach on Aug 17. Photo: Kamala OrBorTor / file

 

PHUKET: Inspections of a beachfront business and two workers’ camps that were issued formal warnings last week for dumping untreated wastewater into a canal at Kamala Beach have been conducted, with officials saying they are not satisfied with the results and will continue to search upstream for other polluters.

 

The formal warnings against the three offenders were issued on Aug 17after the Kamala Tambon Administration Organisation (OrBorTor) received an onslaught of complaints about the canal, which empties into the sea at the northern end of Kamala Beach, turning black and reeking of the foul stench of sewage. 

 

The complaints, filed through the Pineapple Eyes community network Line Group, spurred the Kamala OrBorTor and the Kathu District Office to have a backhoe excavate a channel last Friday (Aug 17) so that the fetid water could flow across the sand and empty into the beach water. 

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2 hours ago, webfact said:

have a backhoe excavate a channel last Friday (Aug 17) so that the fetid water could flow across the sand and empty into the beach water. 

I guess pumping out the canal water into sewage tankers and disposing of it properly was just too expensive...

2 hours ago, webfact said:

Hunt for Kamala wastewater dumping

...was delayed, 'cause authorities are busy investigating the case of three farangs caught smoking at the beach.

3 hours ago, webfact said:

Hunt for Kamala wastewater dumping heads upstream

Who has been dumping heads upstream? Are the police on the trail of a serial killer?

 

Just the term " whose been dumping" upstream makes me shiver !!!!

Anyone for any early swim?