Phuket major water rations rolled out as reservoirs run low

By The Phuket News

 

Somsawat Chaisinsod, Director of Phuket Provincial Irrigation Office, points out how low the water levels are at Bang Neow Dum reservoir in Srisoonthorn area only last month. Photo: Tanyaluk Sakoot

 

PHUKET:-- Water rations will be brought into effect across major residential and business areas across Phuket from Friday (Feb 8 ) as officials struggle to conserve dwindling water supplies in the island’s three main reservoirs until the annual rains return in May.

 

The Phuket Provincial Water Authority office (PWA) announced today (Feb 5) that water rations will be brought into effect in Rawai, Koh Kaew and areas throughout Rassada, in addition to the water rationing already in effect in Bang Tao, on Phuket’s tourist-popular west coast.

 

“The cause (for introducing the water rationing) is that the water levels in three reservoirs, Bang Neow Dum in Srisoonthorn, Bang Wad in Kathu and Khlong Katha in Chalong, are dramatically low,” said the PWA announcement today.

 

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10 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

as officials struggle to conserve dwindling water supplies in the island’s three main reservoirs until the annual rains return in May.

thailand's version of water management; Hoping on weather a couple months out

Water table is still relatively high in Chalong.

No water shortages for me this year.......

I am happy they are not building hundreds and hundreds of new condos and apartment or there could be a real problem in future years.....oh wait ????

Wasn't there a large tropical storm rolled thru that part of Thailand a month or so ago? What happened to that rain?

all that tourist money... the infrastructure could well afford getting a DeSal plant...

43 minutes ago, IAMHERE said:

Wasn't there a large tropical storm rolled thru that part of Thailand a month or so ago? What happened to that rain?

The storm went north of Phuket, we saw very little rain.

"The cause (for introducing the water rationing) is that the water levels in three reservoirs, Bang Neow Dum in Srisoonthorn, Bang Wad in Kathu and Khlong Katha in Chalong, are dramatically low,”

 

Well, that might be the immediate cause, but the root cause is the unbridled development of hotels and condos on the island without corresponding infrastructure improvements.