Patong sanitation chief disses claim wastewater causing algae bloom

[rooster59]

By The Phuket News

A staffer checks one of the tanks at the wastewater-treatment plant in Patong. Photo: The Phuket News / file

PHUKET: The chief of the Patong Municipality Sanitation Division has dismissed the notion that wastewater flowing into the bay is in any way contributing to the macro algae bloom along the Patong beachfront that has lead to masses of red sea urchins being stranded washed ashore.

It’s a natural phenomenon, Nattawut Thepthon, Chief of the Patong Municipality Sanitary Works Division, told The Phuket News.

Marine life expert Dr Kongkiat Kittiwatanawong, Chief of the Phuket Marine Biological Centre (PMBC), which is operated by the Department of Marine and Coastal Resources (DMCR), on Monday pointed out that the sea urchins were being attracted to the shallow beach water in Patong by an ongoing bloom of “macro algae”.

Full story: https://www.thephuketnews.com/patong-sanitation-chief-disses-claim-wastewater-causing-algae-bloom-79397.php

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[natway09]

I will believe the Marine Biology man

[chilli42]

4 hours ago, rooster59 said:

It’s a natural phenomenon, Nattawut Thepthon, Chief of the Patong Municipality Sanitary Works Division,

Yes, a natural phenomenon just like global warming.  Just like with global warming it’s being helped along by human hands