Najomtien beach fouled again by sewage

PATTAYA:--Damaged sandbags allowed sewage to again soil south Najomtien Beach.

 

The bags had been placed on Beach Road at Najomtien Soi 2 to block water flowing out of a drainage pipe there. But, neglected, the earthen dam had collapsed under the assault from several storms and smelly black water poured on to the sand.

 

It’s not the first time sewage has blackened the beach at that spot with officials in May blaming a broken pump amid promises to solve the subdistrict’s sewage problem by hooking up its system to Pattaya’s. That has yet to happen.

 

Mayor Sompong Sainapa promised at the time to routinely pump sewage out of the pipes and lay sandbags to protect the beach. The bags were laid and forgotten and the pumping forgotten.

 

Workers now covered the drainage pipe with a steel plate while officials resume talks with Pattaya to take the sewage off their hands.

 

-- PATTAYA MAIL 2019-07-09—

very nice.

No surprise, just normal here.

7 minutes ago, Rimmer said:

The bags had been placed on Beach Road at Najomtien Soi 2 to block water flowing out of a drainage pipe there.

 

8 minutes ago, Rimmer said:

Mayor Sompong Sainapa promised at the time to routinely pump sewage out of the pipes and lay sandbags to protect the beach. The bags were laid and forgotten and the pumping forgotten.

You couldn't make this up .. 

As for the photo .. that's going to do a whole lot of good for their reputation .. Is it not .. 

Mmmmm.

Yummy.

Now where were my swim shorts?

You all got it wrong people, Its an advanced and innovative method to fertilize the Coral reefs over there... ????

4 minutes ago, LongTang said:

fertilize the Coral reefs

no no  the latest thing ( excuse)  is the "black water" is a naturally occurring phenomenon...nothing to do with sewage at all no no no ????

Meanwhile the <deleted> from TAT has come out with the statement "Thai brand of tourism is all about responsibility and quality".....Yeah, right.

1 hour ago, Rimmer said:

The bags had been placed on Beach Road at Najomtien Soi 2 to block water flowing out of a drainage pipe there.

More bags, more bags!

....

Jomtien beach looks same 

Thai people can't fix anything properly 

This is normal.....one day they'll say that the beach is polluted with clean water!

Sand bags to block sewage?  I am a mechanical engineer so this is laughable, but I'm pretty sure that since I was about 7 and playing on my sidewalk making small little sand and stick dams to try and stop the little trickles of water flowing down form the neighbor's yard that was being watered, I knew that some piles of sand is not going to solve the problem!

Sustainabilty ,thai style !

Maybe they could take a leaf out of Pattaya's book.  Police chief says no hookers, hookers found, police chief moved on.  I know dreaming, but one day they will make the link between responsibility, accountability and job performance.

 

Cheers

I was living near that sump when it was put in. for several weeks a digger continued to sink it deeper and deeper into the ground. the shared storm water and septic overflow discharges the same amount of black water regardless of the rainfall. it is just the amount of rainfall that makes the problem more or less visible. problem is not going away. I just came back from bali and was very impressed with how they deal with their sewage there. every beach I went too seemed clean and no hint of black water smell.

...duhh...is this 'natural' too.....???

Easy to fix. Just force the Mayour to swim there in the black water for one hour every day it is there. 

We foretold this calamity months ago time to sack the mayor as he is not fit for purpose.

So they block the end of the pipe. But the sewerage is still flowing into the pipe from where ever. Water takes the path of least resistance. Did it ever occur to them, that if it is blocked, the sewerage is going to back up and out the pipe at some other point? Thai "engineers"?

So they block the end of the pipe. But the sewerage is still flowing into the pipe from where ever. Water takes the path of least resistance. Did it ever occur to them, that if it is blocked, the sewerage is going to back up and out the pipe at some other point? Thai "engineers"?

A 12 year old child could work it out, however there is still some ways to go here...........

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And of course the Thai have never heard of these things to close a pipe properly.....

 

On 7/9/2019 at 4:13 PM, Kim J said:

Not surprisingly the beach looks rather empty. Just as you would expect in "South East Asia's Premier Family Resort".

 

I trust all of those eating their seafood meals in the nearby restaurants are enjoying the accompanying aroma.

What does the seafood eat before it is captured & served up on a plate?