The answer was underground all along - "fatberg" hits Sukhumvit Soi 39

[webfact]

Sanook Thai Caption: The cause of the flood

 

Officials in Sukhumvit Soi 39 have found the reason for the persistent flooding in the soi.

 

Under the road they found a drain completely plugged by a fatberg - a hard substance that forms from all manner of household waste, reported Sanook.

 

Picture: Sannok

 

It took four men to shift it and then clear the surrounding gunk.

 

But when it was all extracted it measurably improved the rate at which water was draining. 

 

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[ozz1]

Doesn't surprise me thias poor everything down the drains instead of disposing of it properly  let alone all the plastic waste they put down there

[ezzra]

Wouldn't be surprised at all if many other sois having the same problems but until they flood, no one will think to check...

[metisdead]

A troll post has been removed.

[richard_smith237]

For a moment there I thought an ex had visited Thailand & stepped through a drain !!! ????

[richard_smith237]

9 minutes ago, ezzra said:

Wouldn't be surprised at all if many other sois having the same problems but until they flood, no one will think to check...

This….  
 

Checking Thailands drains should be a round the year thing… 

 

There’s s#it ton of water coming down, any concreted area will experience some flooding just due to tut sheer volume & run off…. 
It’s when sea levels are at a highest astronomical tide that there is nowhere for the water to go.

Does Bkk need a ‘smart tunnel’ like KL ? 

[freedomnow]

Check it for lotto numbers ?

[Gottfrid]

What a revelation! It was under the ground, when everyone just blamed the rain fall and the skies. Someone must have been brainstorming.

[JeffersLos]

30 minutes ago, freedomnow said:

Check it for lotto numbers ?

Check it for human remains.

[Jaybott]

Go on Lazada,  there's all sorts of fat and hair ball dissolving drain uncloggers for sale.  May have to get the XXXL Industrial Size.

[metisdead]

Off topic posts about "fatbergs" in the UK have been removed.

[thurien]

I love the term "fatberg", reminds me of one of my lady neighbours

[AgMech Cowboy]

6 hours ago, ozz1 said:

Doesn't surprise me thias poor everything down the drains instead of disposing of it properly  let alone all the plastic waste they put down there

That's a world wide problem.

[Photoguy21]

Fat, plastic bags and old food is what always has been the drain problem in Bangkok. Very clever of them to work that out. It has been common knowledge for years as to the cause of the flooding problems in Bangkok.

[jaywalker]

6 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

For a moment there I thought an ex had visited Thailand & stepped through a drain !!! ????

I always wondered where all the Therameee Cafe ladies went when the sun came up.

[Dave0206]

4 hours ago, AgMech Cowboy said:

That's a world wide problem.

I must hold my hands up I was not always environmentally friendly in my earlier years neither was my local government (uk) in saying that when I was young there was not take away food everywhere but I doubt anyone even knew what a grease trap was let alone use it.

[radiochaser]

10 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

This….  
 

Checking Thailands drains should be a round the year thing… 

 

There’s s#it ton of water coming down, any concreted area will experience some flooding just due to tut sheer volume & run off…. 
It’s when sea levels are at a highest astronomical tide that there is nowhere for the water to go.

Does Bkk need a ‘smart tunnel’ like KL ? 

A little off topic.

Speaking of concrete ...   I live in Pennsylvania, U.S.A.   Residents of a house across the street from me had some concrete work done after a fuel oil tank that was buried in his front yard was removed.   

The company that delivered the concrete had concrete left in the concrete truck.  They dumped the extra concrete into the storm sewer drain!!!     I don't know if they city contacted the concrete company, but city workers had to dig the concrete out. 

[hotchilli]

18 hours ago, webfact said:

Under the road they found a drain completely plugged by a fatberg - a hard substance that forms from all manner of household waste,

I'll have a quiet word with the missus.. sounds like her work.

[hotchilli]

17 hours ago, freedomnow said:

Check it for lotto numbers ?

#2 comes to mind.