webfact Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 Local residents angered over open sewer stench By The Phuket News Local residents’ representative Vichat Trairat (white shirt) explains how the wastewater treatment is affecting local homes and businesses. Photo: PR Dept PHUKET: Residents and business owners in Samkong, on the northwestern outskirts of Phuket Town, gathered yesterday (Jan 14) to jointly complain to officials about the overpowering stench and health risks of the canal that runs through their bustling community. The canal, Klong Panieng, has long been a source of ire for the residents, with scores of homes and even factories in the area for years dumping untreated wastewater into the waterway. Phuket City Municipality responded with a project to build three “wastewater treatment points”, literally nothing more than wastewater traps so waste can oxygenise and break down further before being emptied into the canal. Read more at https://www.thephuketnews.com/local-residents-angered-over-open-sewer-stench-70026.php#vLaV4h33RJSkeruX.99 -- © Copyright Phuket News 2019-01-15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
300sd Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 29 minutes ago, webfact said: with scores of homes and even factories in the area for years dumping untreated wastewater into the waterway. I think the officials need their noses rubbed in it. Animals learn much quicker. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post happy chappie Posted January 15, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted January 15, 2019 Don't tell me.12 million baht has been allocated to string 3 lots of chain link fencing to oxygenate the water that blocks up every hour with plastic and tampons.how about investigating the source of the problem.oh and by the way this water will eventually reach the good old Thai dustbin called the sea. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lupatria Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 Are they hunting now for farangs who filled their canal with all kinds of waste from their illegal food stalls and sweatshops? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldrunner Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 PROVIDE FREE NOSE CLIPS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rwill Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 What town in Thailand doesn't have sewer stench somewhere? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmushr00m Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 I lived near the klong Sean Seab, 21st floor and there were days when it reeks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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