Wastewater still polluting Kamala Beach, despite Phuket officials promising action

[snoop1130]

Dirty water flows into sea at Kamala Beach

 

Foul smelling wastewater is continuing to flow across the sand at Kamala Beach, a week after Phuket officials vowed to take action, both in Patong and Kamala. The Phuket News has spoken to a long-term expat in the Kamala area who says the situation is having a serious effect on business.

 

“The Kamala beach klong is stinking so much no one is eating in the restaurants next to the river. The smell is so bad people have headaches. Even the jet-skis are not going into the water. It’s sad to see.”

 

It’s understood the wastewater is coming from the Pak Bang Canal, which is described in the report as “shiny black” and “reeking with a foul stench”. It has been like that, sometimes better, sometimes worse, for decades.

 

Full Story: https://phuket-go.com/phuket-news/phuket-news/wastewater-still-polluting-kamala-beach-despite-phuket-officials-promising-action/

 

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[stoner]

hahahaha clowns

[connda]

Stop going to Phuket and warn your foreign friends if they plan to vacation here.

[digger70]

The Phuket News reports that last week, local officials vowed to dredge a deeper channel across Kamala Beach to allow the wastewater to flow more quickly into the sea. This followed a visit to the beach by Kathu District Chief Thitiwat Boonkij and the President of the Kamala OrBorTor, Jutha Doomluck.

The report goes on to say that Thitiwat has admitted the wastewater is black as a result of accumulating dirty water in the canal, adding that an aerator will be installed to generate oxygen in the canal water. He has also confirmed the water treatment machine in the canal is broken.

 

Yea right, that's not gonna do it . Make people stop draining their sewerage in the canal and sop them from trowing their rubbish in the canal.

[hotchilli]

13 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

“The Kamala beach klong is stinking so much no one is eating in the restaurants next to the river. The smell is so bad people have headaches. Even the jet-skis are not going into the water. It’s sad to see.”

Sack the officials... simple.

[Tropposurfer]

2 hours ago, digger70 said:

The Phuket News reports that last week, local officials vowed to dredge a deeper channel across Kamala Beach to allow the wastewater to flow more quickly into the sea. This followed a visit to the beach by Kathu District Chief Thitiwat Boonkij and the President of the Kamala OrBorTor, Jutha Doomluck.

The report goes on to say that Thitiwat has admitted the wastewater is black as a result of accumulating dirty water in the canal, adding that an aerator will be installed to generate oxygen in the canal water. He has also confirmed the water treatment machine in the canal is broken.

 

Yea right, that's not gonna do it . Make people stop draining their sewerage in the canal and sop them from trowing their rubbish in the canal.

Yep digger, too right mate:

 

The notion of installing some sort of waste water, stormwater, and sewage cleaning systems is out of the question of course for these ning-nongs. Let the beach sand become grey, stinking and toxic, and the water foul.

 

I was born near Many and as a mad-keen grom surfer we all suffered from surfing in the the greasy raw sewage that was spewed into the ocean from the north head outfall.

The beach suffered severely but since a deep outfall was installed and new sewage and stormwater treatment works installed the beach has returned to being so clean and the sea life vibrant.  

[digger70]

2 hours ago, Tropposurfer said:

Yep digger, too right mate:

 

The notion of installing some sort of waste water, stormwater, and sewage cleaning systems is out of the question of course for these ning-nongs. Let the beach sand become grey, stinking and toxic, and the water foul.

 

I was born near Many and as a mad-keen grom surfer we all suffered from surfing in the the greasy raw sewage that was spewed into the ocean from the north head outfall.

The beach suffered severely but since a deep outfall was installed and new sewage and stormwater treatment works installed the beach has returned to being so clean and the sea life vibrant.  

That's great ,But that ain't gonna happen here soon.

[sammieuk1]

That looks like world class $hit stick a flag in it ????