webfact Posted April 24, 2019 Share Posted April 24, 2019 Army starts rolling in emergency water supply to Phuket By Waranya Prompinpiras The Army Region 4 commander has ordered his soldiers to deliver emergency water supplies to Phuket. Photo: Royal Thai Army Region 4 PHUKET: Lt Gen Pornsak Poonsawat, Commander of the Fourth Army Region base in Nakhon Sri Thammarat, which is the leading Army base in all of Southern Thailand, has ordered his troops to provide emergency relief water to water-starved communities across Phuket – starting with an initial delivery of 45,000 litres that is to arrive today (April 24). The water, to be delivered by nine trucks each carrying 5,000 litres, Lt Col Santi Sakuntanark, Commander of the Royal Thai Army's 25th Military Circle, which is based in Phuket, told The Phuket News this morning. “Lt Gen Pornsak has ordered for water from Surat Thani province and Nakhon Sri Thammarat province to be delivered to local residents in Phuket,” Col Santi said. Read more at https://www.thephuketnews.com/army-starts-rolling-in-emergency-water-supply-to-phuket-71202.php#JuuAFAOJPZ8C7cQz.99 -- © Copyright Phuket News 2019-04-25 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChipButty Posted April 25, 2019 Share Posted April 25, 2019 45,000 ltr's That's a drop in the ocean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watcharacters Posted April 25, 2019 Share Posted April 25, 2019 I wonder what the purpose is for having the sign on the side of the truck? And why is the Army part in English? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Croc Posted April 25, 2019 Share Posted April 25, 2019 8 minutes ago, watcharacters said: I wonder what the purpose is for having the sign on the side of the truck? And why is the Army part in English? I understand they couldn't start this emergency mission until they had the commemorative T-shirts made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaiyen Posted April 25, 2019 Share Posted April 25, 2019 There was no water shortage 2 weeks ago ! Songkhran ?? Yeah, that really helped the drought ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oziex1 Posted April 25, 2019 Share Posted April 25, 2019 Nine trucks at 5000 litres each, curing the water shortage is going to bring on a diesel shortage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunderhill Posted April 25, 2019 Share Posted April 25, 2019 1 hour ago, watcharacters said: I wonder what the purpose is for having the sign on the side of the truck? And why is the Army part in English? "look how good we are" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valentine Posted April 25, 2019 Share Posted April 25, 2019 Better than nothing even though next to useless. Phuket should have had a comprehensive water management plan put in place years ago. Looking like you are doing something with attendant publicity seems more important than actually doing something to benefit the public. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdixon Posted April 25, 2019 Share Posted April 25, 2019 Still filling in the natural water lake in Soi Namjai , Rawai ! Why is this allowed when we have a water shortage ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulic Posted April 25, 2019 Share Posted April 25, 2019 Hopefully, the 9 trucks are making 8-10 trips a day. Maybe they should even be delivering around the clock 24hrs a day to hotels and schools and businesses at night, homes during the day. This is just a drop in the bucket of what is needed. Another 100 trucks would be a good start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swellbelly Posted April 25, 2019 Share Posted April 25, 2019 About 5 years ago it was all but agreed to run a pipeline from Surat Thani to supply treated water to Phuket to alleviate water shortages. What happened ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oziex1 Posted April 25, 2019 Share Posted April 25, 2019 10 hours ago, mdixon said: Still filling in the natural water lake in Soi Namjai , Rawai ! Why is this allowed when we have a water shortage ? Because they are stupid and corrupt and someone full of their own self importance demands that it be done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tifino Posted April 25, 2019 Share Posted April 25, 2019 9 trucks crash, with sleeping drivers at the wheel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nkg Posted April 25, 2019 Share Posted April 25, 2019 Those tankers can't be very big. A full-sized tanker can take 40,000 litres per trip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LivinginKata Posted April 25, 2019 Share Posted April 25, 2019 5 hours ago, nkg said: Those tankers can't be very big. A full-sized tanker can take 40,000 litres per trip. The largest tankers we have on the road in Phuket are the 10 wheel 12,000 liters tankers. Most use the 6 wheel 6,000 liter truck for ease of access narrow roads Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toenail Posted April 26, 2019 Share Posted April 26, 2019 -So why wasn’t Songkron on the island cancelled? You don’t have my sympathy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toenail Posted April 26, 2019 Share Posted April 26, 2019 23 hours ago, watcharacters said: I wonder what the purpose is for having the sign on the side of the truck? And why is the Army part in English? For the tourists to see and be impressed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nkg Posted April 26, 2019 Share Posted April 26, 2019 1 hour ago, LivinginKata said: The largest tankers we have on the road in Phuket are the 10 wheel 12,000 liters tankers. Most use the 6 wheel 6,000 liter truck for ease of access narrow roads Fair enough. It must be relatively cheap to hire a tanker driver in Thailand, so smaller tankers probably make sense economically. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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