Capital’s giant sewers prepped for rainy season

By The Nation

 

 

Bangkok’s four giant sewers will be cleared of trash to avoid flooding this rainy season, while city governor Aswin Kwanmuang has ordered the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration to collect garbage across the city, sweep up the dregs and check if all the water pumps are working.

 

The capital’s giant sewers, which are up to 5 metres wide, run through the canals and are mainly responsible for directing floodwaters from the city to the Chao Phraya River.

 

Bangkok’s giant sewers run through Khlong Prem Prachakorn, the Makkasan Lake, Khlong Saen Saep up to Khlong Lat Phrao and Khlong Bang Sue.

 

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Stadtler does not see any pleasure boats on the docks.  Stadtler bets those people's houses shown in the picture must be sold at a premium for such luxurious amenities.

The capital’s giant sewers, which are up to 5 metres wide, run through the canals and are mainly responsible for directing floodwaters from the city to the Chao Phraya River.

 

so basically the klongs are the sewers?! no wonder they smell so bad and the water is a brackish shade of grey...

Just now, samsensam said:

The capital’s giant sewers, which are up to 5 metres wide, run through the canals and are mainly responsible for directing floodwaters from the city to the Chao Phraya River.

 

so basically the klongs are the sewers?! no wonder they smell so bad and the water is a brackish shade of grey...

they put the boats up stream to flow the water and chop the turds.

44 minutes ago, samsensam said:

The capital’s giant sewers, which are up to 5 metres wide, run through the canals and are mainly responsible for directing floodwaters from the city to the Chao Phraya River.

 

so basically the klongs are the sewers?! no wonder they smell so bad and the water is a brackish shade of grey...

 

I suspect it's a translation thing...  What we would call storm drains may translate to "sewers".

 

Not to say there isn't raw sewage in the storm drains, as long as that's cheaper for the adjacent homes and businesses.

 

Edited June 26, 20206 yr by impulse

1 hour ago, samsensam said:

The capital’s giant sewers, which are up to 5 metres wide, run through the canals and are mainly responsible for directing floodwaters from the city to the Chao Phraya River.

 

so basically the klongs are the sewers?! 

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Bangkok’s giant sewers run through ...... Khlong Saen Saep up to Khlong Lat Phrao.

 

1 hour ago, Don Mega said:

they put the boats up stream to flow the water and chop the turds.

 

Those commuter boats are known colloquially by some as The Sewer Jet. just sayin....

 

Edited June 26, 20206 yr by VocalNeal

5 hours ago, impulse said:

 

I suspect it's a translation thing...  What we would call storm drains may translate to "sewers".

 

Not to say there isn't raw sewage in the storm drains, as long as that's cheaper for the adjacent homes and businesses.

 

 

Sewage pipes are laid below the klong bottom.

 

They use the route of the klongs, but they are self contained/isolated from the klongs and their water.

 

Their purpose is to take over the sewage disposal that the klongs themselves used to do, on a ready made "grid".

 

Shaft sunk into small "local" klong:

 

Access to sewage pipe (below level of klong bottom) at base of shaft:

 

The pipe receives local sewage and directs it towards junctions, where it is fed into much larger diameter pipes (running under much larger klongs).

 

Main junction shaft:

 

However much wastewater still finds its way into the rainwater disposal system, which feeds directly into the klongs themselves (and ultimately the river), hence the stink.

 

 

 

Edited June 26, 20206 yr by Enoon

 

 

The "sewers" in question are four of this system (routed in the same fashion as the sewage tunnels described above). Their only function is to carry pumped floodwater, not sewage:

 

 

Edited June 26, 20206 yr by Enoon

8 hours ago, Don Mega said:

they put the boats up stream to flow the water and chop the turds.

Didn't they use some giant fans for something similar a year or so back - when the sh!t hits the fan.

2 minutes ago, bluesofa said:

Didn't they use some giant fans for something similar a year or so back - when the sh!t hits the fan.

highly possible, I only recall the boat idea though.

 

https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/504090-1000-boats-to-push-flood-waters-from-chao-phraya-river/

10 hours ago, impulse said:

 

I suspect it's a translation thing...  What we would call storm drains may translate to "sewers".

 

Not to say there isn't raw sewage in the storm drains, as long as that's cheaper for the adjacent homes and businesses.

 

As far as I understand, there is no sewage system in BKK, nearly all buildings have a "septic" tank that collects solids, but the effluent goes to the street drains, then the klongs. Please correct me if things have changed.

A huge sewage waste system was built years ago, Klong Dan, in BKK, but was so mired in corruption, it was never finished....

A bit late isn't it the rainy season is almost over!

Hate to disappoint Darkside Gray, but rainy season is far from over.

 

To earlier posters, the use of boats on the river was a misguided attempt to push floodwater downstream.

1 hour ago, KhunKenAP said:

 

 

To earlier posters, the use of boats on the river was a misguided attempt to push floodwater downstream.

Yes and was heavily laughed at at the time on both forums and other forms of social media.

15 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Bangkok’s four giant sewers will be cleared of trash to avoid flooding

Could provide employment for out-of-work "life guards" clearing underwater trash from the canals:-

Photo taken in Bangkok:-

 

18 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Bangkok’s four giant sewers will be cleared of trash to avoid flooding this rainy season

Would that be, Nana plaza, patpong, Soi cowboy  Soi Twighlight?

2 hours ago, Burma Bill said:

Could provide employment for out-of-work "life guards" clearing underwater trash from the canals:-

Photo taken in Bangkok:-

 

Looks to me like these blokes had each got a fag in their gob.   PML

16 hours ago, impulse said:

 

I suspect it's a translation thing...  What we would call storm drains may translate to "sewers".

 

Not to say there isn't raw sewage in the storm drains, as long as that's cheaper for the adjacent homes and businesses.

 

Almost all Thailand's mooban-style houses have a septic tank. Unlike in the West, that raw sewage tank does NOT drain into a leach-field. Overflow goes directly into the storm drains.

On 6/26/2020 at 4:43 PM, impulse said:

 

I suspect it's a translation thing...  What we would call storm drains may translate to "sewers".

 

Not to say there isn't raw sewage in the storm drains, as long as that's cheaper for the adjacent homes and businesses.

 

So where are the sewage treatment plants.