Officials tackle untreated wastewater pouring into Ao Yon bay

By The Phuket News

 

Officials are drawing up long-term plans to prevent untreated wastewater from spoiling the beach at Ao Yon. Photo: Supplied

 

PHUKET: Public health officials at Wichit Municipality say they will submit a request for the budget to improve the network of public drains at Cape Panwa after water exiting a drain earlier this month was found to be releasing foul-stenched wastewater into Ao Yon bay.

 

A senior official at the Division of Public Health and Environment at Wichit Municipality, who declined to be publicly named, said that health officers had deployed EM balls into the drain, which she said had become clogged with silt and sludge.

 

The EM balls were deployed last Thursday (Dec 12), the official said.

Read more at https://www.thephuketnews.com/officials-tackle-untreated-wastewater-pouring-into-ao-yon-bay-74007.php#3U6iFi0E42yEXgob.99

 

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The whole concept of sewage treatment plants has yet to hit the scene in Thailand. In Europe every village and town has them, and they usually manage to remove around 98% of the offensive matter often referred to as s**t ????

Ok, I'll take this beach off my bucket list.

32 minutes ago, SoilSpoil said:

Ok, I'll take this beach off my bucket list.

You can take almost every major beach on Phuket off your bucket list.

Can they treat what comes from their mouths?

3 hours ago, webfact said:

PHUKET: Public health officials at Wichit Municipality say they will submit a request for the budget to improve the network of public drains

Does anyone have any idea when the new model of Mercedes is out.............????

4 hours ago, webfact said:

PHUKET: Public health officials at Wichit Municipality say they will submit a request for the budget to improve the network of public drains at Cape Panwa after water exiting a drain earlier this month was found to be releasing foul-stenched wastewater into Ao Yon bay.

Another great advertisment to stay away from Phuket beaches.

I used to live on this beach. It had wonderful clean water and a very nice beach. Also very few tourists. Sad if they screw it up.

5 hours ago, SoilSpoil said:

Ok, I'll take this beach off my bucket list.

Maybe if everyone took a bucket, there would not be a sewage problem

6 hours ago, Kopitiam said:

You can take almost every major beach on Phuket off your bucket list.

Or make it the last item on your bucket list.

5 hours ago, AhFarangJa said:

Does anyone have any idea when the new model of Mercedes is out.............????

I see what you did there.... [email protected] clever!

On 12/16/2019 at 6:18 PM, Mansell said:

I used to live on this beach. It had wonderful clean water and a very nice beach. Also very few tourists. Sad if they screw it up.

If you have lived here a long time you will know they screwed everything else up

Patong beach 30 years ago

37 minutes ago, ChipButty said:

Patong beach 30 years ago

 

Always the beach dog there ????