19 minutes ago, Benmart said:

Having lived here for years, the facade, otherwise known as the image, is all important. Sandbags give an impression of taking care of a problem, which in all likelyhood is is so large and corrupted, it is going to take a long time and several governments to correct. Meanwhile, tourist arrival numbers continue to increase and the happiness meter is off the scale.????

the ncpo said there is no corruption????

9 hours ago, johng said:

Hope they get the water "pristine" for the Triathlon this year.

Ewwwww! 

Meanwhile just round the corner in Pattaya Bay the discharges continue unabated.  The rainy season will soon be upon us.

12 hours ago, Pattaya46 said:

Also currents of the Gulf of Thailand are going South in Pattaya area, so no way this pollution could have impacted Pattaya Bay.

Ok point taken but...

Pattaya has its own  "set of outflows"   one is right at the entrance to "Walking Street" which is North of where the photo of the Triathlon swimmers was taken. There is also one (that recently made news)

at the north end of Pattaya bay and probably others all along the bay.

 

 

16 hours ago, Pattaya46 said:

so no way this pollution could have impacted Pattaya Bay.

Pattaya proper makes it's own. 

18 hours ago, johng said:

Ok point taken but...

Pattaya has its own  "set of outflows"   one is right at the entrance to "Walking Street" which is North of where the photo of the Triathlon swimmers was taken. There is also one (that recently made news)

at the north end of Pattaya bay and probably others all along the bay.

 

 

Sometimes even world class resorts need a little photoshop looks like the dog smells a rat???? 

Edited May 23, 20197 yr by sammieuk1

Wonder if the guy looking at the notice board has read the bit if it rains your going to get a blow out shit storm to follow????

engineering marvels.  so what happens when the sewage backs up and cant escape?  hotel and restuarant toilets will flow onto the floors.

...and the municipal has the nerve to call these guys “engineers” The officials are definitely pocketing the money & hiring some illegal Cambodian workers for 200 baht to place the bags of concrete there.
Typical Thai thinking- no long term planning - fix it short term and hope the problem goes away.



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On 5/21/2019 at 9:42 PM, webfact said:

It could be months before anything happens with millions needing to be spent. 

I thought millions had already been allocated. Where did it go?

On 5/22/2019 at 1:56 PM, johng said:

Hope they get the water "pristine" for the Triathlon this year.

There's something for everyone. Second worst road road safety record in the world for the cyclists, PM2.5 levels will attract the runners, and the swimmers will be flocking in to wallow among the highest number of turds per m² this side of the Ganges. 

10 hours ago, quandow said:

I thought millions had already been allocated. Where did it go?

Pockets ????