Projects to boost Phuket water supply stall in Bangkok

By Tanyaluk Sakoot

 

The water level at Bang Wad reservoir earlier this week is looking much healthier, but will be short-lived, warns Phuket’s water supply chief. Photo: PWA

 

PHUKET:-- The main public water supply reservoirs in Phuket have been healthily replenished by the ample rainfall we have had since the long dry season broke in May, but the security of having enough water to supply businesses and residents on the island is likely to be short-lived, says Phuket’s water supply chief.

 

The news comes following confirmation that the project to install a pipeline from Phang Nga to supply tap water to the island has been delayed, despite being approved by Cabinet in September last year.

 

Also, yet to be approved are six smaller projects aimed at being stop-gap measures to help boost Phuket’s water-supply ability in the short term.

 

Full Story: https://www.thephuketnews.com/projects-to-boost-phuket-water-supply-stall-in-bangkok-77055.php

 

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Purely as a matter Of interest, where is the source of the water being discharged in this photo coming from?

With due respect, when I first read the headline I thought it was this (supplying a stall in Bangkok with water);-