Deja vu: Dirty, smelly, blackwater flows into the Andaman Sea, again

By The Thaiger

PHOTOS: Newshawk Phuket

 

 

Phuket’s Governor has given an urgent order to solve the problem of wastewater flowing into Bang Tao Beach yesterday after the issue went viral in social media.

 

If you suddenly having a sense of deja vu and are SURE you’ve read this before, that’s because the issue has been brought up hundreds of time in the past decades with nothing being done to address the shameful situation.

Here’s what usually happens…

 

Social media posting or local complaint made about the black water flowing into Phuket’s west coast beaches along any of many canals flowing into the Andaman Sea.

 

Full story: https://thethaiger.com/hot-news/environment/deja-vu-dirty-smelly-blackwater-flows-into-the-andaman-sea-again

 

 

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Mai Bpen Rai... Im sure in the future with less and less tourists they can swim in all the blackwater they want.

Typical Thai response- a smile, empty words...& hope the problem goes away. 

When the beaches will be bare of foreigners (and their big money)....the hotels empty, the sea in blackwater, the shores like waste dumps...it will be to late to accuse the awful farang of their own Thai negligence.... god save them....

18 minutes ago, observer90210 said:

When the beaches will be bare of foreigners (and their big money)....the hotels empty, the sea in blackwater, the shores like waste dumps...it will be to late to accuse the awful farang of their own Thai negligence.... god save them....

Its already happening

1 hour ago, webfact said:

after the issue went viral in social media.

Keep it up social media! It seems that cyber exposure is the only way to get any attention at all to many issues. Even at that, the attention in many cases is short lived.

OK, so the governor gives out the order to clean up the filthy beaches in Phuket because it popped up on social media. If it hadn't then nothing would happen and in all likelihood nothing will be done anyway except temporary bandaid treatment.

These Thai  officials,  army and police are the most corrupt in the world.Plenty of money to fix things but it all goes into corrupt pockets and off abroad to invest in real opportunities not the crap they pass off here to budget tourists.

How much do the Thai governors of all these tourist hovels make a year?

Maybe as much as Big Joke made before being busted.

My guess 500 million baht for each individual but probably a lot  more.

Its already happening

There is a decline of Westerners visiting Phuket due to various reasons including mass tourism , litter along the beaches and decaying infrastructure. —But no fear, Chinese and Indians that have worse beaches back home will continue to flock to Thailand along with Russians since it is easier for them to get a tourist visa into Thailand.



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Many Europeans have already made a bee-line for other destinations already (good for them). Why you would come to a smelly and turd infested Island is beyond me.

 

Its only a real problem if you can clearly see it or smell it.

 

once the rains come stronger, its problem solved.

 

/sarc

Why don’t the media report on this issue every day until heads roll or the problem is solved instead of once in a while when news is slack.

1 hour ago, ChasingTheSun said:

Its only a real problem if you can clearly see it or smell it.

 

once the rains come stronger, its problem solved.

 

/sarc

same as air pollution in pattaya, chiang mai and other resorts let the rains fix it...

I wouldnt mind betting they've already had the money to fix these problems years ago but the money went ermmmm down the swanny so they cant go back to central government to claim more