Drought crisis: Expert warns at risk groups about salty tap water in Bangkok supply

[rooster59]

Drought crisis: Expert warns at risk groups about salty tap water in Bangkok supply

 

Image: Daily News

 

Daily News reported that a water quality expert had posted on Facebook about harmful levels of salt in the water supply in the capital. 

 

Chaiwat Vorapeboonpong said that salt levels had exceeded 0.25 grams per liter from January 1st to 3rd.

 

This concerns water from the Samlae station and the Bang Khen filtration depot. 

 

The filtration plant - responsible for 4-5 million cubic meters of tap water daily - cannot filter out salt, he said. 

 

At risk groups included those suffering from kidney ailments, heart disease, diabetes and blood pressure conditions. The elderly and children were also at risk. 

 

The expert advised those at risk to monitor the situation. 

 

Thaivisa notes that the country has been full of stories this week as a drought crisis threatens.

 

Source: Daily News

 

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[RichardColeman]

Stick to beer then I guess

[Netease]

2 hours ago, RichardColeman said:

Stick to beer then I guess

Salty beer could be a winner 

[legend49]

So happy the issue is in Bangkok that way someone who promised to work every day for all Thai people recently may do something and not say something. He promised under article 44 to rid the pollution last year in Chiang Mai in 7 days ; we are still waiting?

[CGW]

Whats the problem? I don't know of anyone in Bangkok that drinks tap water?

[johnny49r]

5 hours ago, rooster59 said:

Expert warns at risk groups about salty tap water in Bangkok supply

Who drinks tap water in Thailand? Even locals won't touch the stuff so the words Water and Quality used in the same sentence is Rai Sara. 

 

 

[Jane Dough]

1 hour ago, CGW said:

Whats the problem? I don't know of anyone in Bangkok that drinks tap water?

Yes, it tends not to flow up to ivory towers.

 

Rooster

[mickey rat]

Drinking polluted water, breathing polluted air and eating poison while plastic bags throw themselves on the side of the road. T.I.T.!!

[lemonjelly]

All those 25 liter drinking water bottles that people use just contain “filtered” tap water, no?

Edited January 4, 2020 by lemonjelly

[madmen]

54 minutes ago, mickey rat said:

Drinking polluted water, breathing polluted air and eating poison while plastic bags throw themselves on the side of the road. T.I.T.!!

Stop drinking it !!!

[Foexie]

This "problem" is a problem what not even should excist.

 

This problem is THE sollution for every country what is near the sea, have problems with lack of rain, drought, drinking water shortage, flood problems and what ever.

 

The only thing what needs to happen is that all the politicians and all global warming idiots start to take their heads out their "aises". Instead of making stuppid expectations and anoying speechess blamming eachother start to do something, have protest walks every week in many places and make boat tours to South America because they think they have to say something smart there. Just start working and DO something for solve the problem.

 

And the problem for the sea water what is rissing is very simple: use the sea water!!!! 

 

This summer some peoples here in Belgium start working on that idea for the cities near the sea. Now their drinking water is comming 100-200 kms from the source/well to them. How stupid is that when they have so much water nearby.

 

I remember this idea was already brought up in the '90s in Ethiopia. A company was making portable containers with inside big pumps and filter instalations for make thousands of liters drinking water a day with every unit. Costs that time was around 20-25.000€ for one container. NEVER heared about that idea anymore after.

 

If you only knew how much money the meeting in Spain did cost,that would already a boat full containers.

[gropes]

3 hours ago, Foexie said:

This "problem" is a problem what not even should excist.

 

This problem is THE sollution for every country what is near the sea, have problems with lack of rain, drought, drinking water shortage, flood problems and what ever.

 

The only thing what needs to happen is that all the politicians and all global warming idiots start to take their heads out their "aises". Instead of making stuppid expectations and anoying speechess blamming eachother start to do something, have protest walks every week in many places and make boat tours to South America because they think they have to say something smart there. Just start working and DO something for solve the problem.

 

And the problem for the sea water what is rissing is very simple: use the sea water!!!! 

 

This summer some peoples here in Belgium start working on that idea for the cities near the sea. Now their drinking water is comming 100-200 kms from the source/well to them. How stupid is that when they have so much water nearby.

 

I remember this idea was already brought up in the '90s in Ethiopia. A company was making portable containers with inside big pumps and filter instalations for make thousands of liters drinking water a day with every unit. Costs that time was around 20-25.000€ for one container. NEVER heared about that idea anymore after.

 

If you only knew how much money the meeting in Spain did cost,that would already a boat full containers.

Probably didn't get "off the ground" as Ethiopia is a land-locked country with (obviously) no sea coast. However there is an interesting article at https://www.wired.co.uk/article/charlie-paton-seawater-greenhouse-desalination-abu-dhabi-oman-australia-somaliland regarding use of sea water for agricultural purposes (good) and much salt and brine (probably bad in the long run).

[Chazar]

15 hours ago, CGW said:

Whats the problem? I don't know of anyone in Bangkok that drinks tap water?

Ill let me   Wife  know

[hotchilli]

21 hours ago, rooster59 said:

The filtration plant - responsible for 4-5 million cubic meters of tap water daily - cannot filter out salt, he said

This is 2020 right?

[tifino]

4 minutes ago, hotchilli said:

21 hours ago, rooster59 said:

The filtration plant - responsible for 4-5 million cubic meters of tap water daily - cannot filter out salt, he said

This is 2020 right?

to take out the Salt, they know they need to replace it with money, and lots of it - about 8000 Million baht per year for a (real) DeSal plant outputting at max capacity 

[hotchilli]

8 hours ago, Foexie said:

Just start working and DO something for solve the problem.

Problem solved:

 

[lopburi3]

Actually many of us drink Bangkok tap water - which has been safe to drink and tested so for more than 40 years.  But it is indeed very salty currently and use of RO type filter or buying RO filtered water would be best.  This site reports current Bangkok Water conditions in almost all areas of the city.

http://twqonline.mwa.co.th/EN/map.php?type=sal

 

[rickudon]

The question is, if it is salty in early January, how bad will it be by April?