Hua Hin faces water rationing amidst severe drought

[webfact]

The Waterworks Department of Hua Hin Municipality has announced that water supply will be rationed effective immediately, a measure that highlights the severity of the ongoing water shortage affecting the area.

 

Residents will have access to public water only between the hours of 5:00 AM and 10:30 AM until further notice, following days of disrupted service across the city.

 

In an official statement released on Saturday, April 6, the Waterworks Department explained the drastic measure: “Due to the current crisis situation, the quantity of raw water is insufficient for the Waterworks Department, Hua Hin Municipality.

 

Therefore, we announce the water distribution schedule as follows: Water will be distributed from 05:00 AM to 10:30 AM. The Waterworks Department, Hua Hin Municipality, apologies for any inconvenience this may cause. For further inquiries, please contact 0-3251-1667.”

 

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Full story: HUA HIN TODAY 2024-04-08

 

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[jvs]

I came by the reservoir just the other day and it looked down a lot.

Hopefully some rain later this week but it needs a real down poor.

 

[ukrules]

This is where an underground gravity fed tank becomes quite useful - it will drip fill over hours. Our tank is full (and underground).

Next door who has one of those large round above ground tanks has been empty all week as the pressure is not high enough to reach the top of their tank, so they're leeching off us for now.

 

Plenty of 'water delivery tankers' driving around the streets today - I wonder where they get their supplies from?

 

[ikke1959]

But  Songkran must go on... Let's waste millions litres of water all ove rthe country, and in the meantime we face rationing the normal use of it...

[RobU]

My wife says that this will soon be the case in Phuket and Pattaya. Lucky we live in the sticks with our own borehole village water occasionally fails or drops in pressure so we just switch the pump on. 

[bkk6060]

Water is very cheap here and wasted tremendously. 

[TheAppletons]

When they say "access to public water" - does this mean they actually cut off residential water supply after 10:30 am daily?  As in, no showers except between 5:00 am and 10:30 am?

 

The article mentions something about water trucks delivery so I'm uncertain if "water distribution" refers to truck delivery, residential taps, or both. 

[hotchilli]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

The Waterworks Department of Hua Hin Municipality has announced that water supply will be rationed effective immediately, a measure that highlights the severity of the ongoing water shortage affecting the area

So that's Songkran canceled then, or will they allow water to be wasted?

Hua Hin building more condos, villas and everything else without a care for the infrastructure that should be built to support it.

City planning does not exist.

[hotchilli]

1 minute ago, TheAppletons said:

The article mentions something about water trucks delivery so I'm uncertain if "water distribution" refers to truck delivery, residential taps, or both. 

I think that's self explanatory... if it come in a truck it's a delivery to areas to fill water vessels, not a hook-up to your tap

[bkk6060]

8 minutes ago, TheAppletons said:

As in, no showers except between 5:00 am and 10:30 am?

Do like the locals.  Get a large trash can, put it in your shower and fill it up when water is flowing.   Use that for your future showers.

[Dante99]

16 minutes ago, TheAppletons said:

As in, no showers except between 5:00 am and 10:30 am?

 

It is not about when you can take a shower, it is about when water will be coming out of the municipal supply pipes.  If you do not have personal water storage you should get a tank.

[TheAppletons]

16 minutes ago, hotchilli said:

I think that's self explanatory... if it come in a truck it's a delivery to areas to fill water vessels, not a hook-up to your tap

 

  Except it also says this "Residents will have access to public water only between the hours of 5:00 AM and 10:30 AM until further notice, following days of disrupted service across the city."

[TheAppletons]

1 minute ago, Dante99 said:

It is not about when you can take a shower, it is about when water will be coming out of the municipal supply pipes.  If you do not have personal water storage you should get a tank.

 

  I don't live here....staying in a condo temporarily this month while Chiang Mai is on fire. 

[hotchilli]

8 minutes ago, TheAppletons said:

 

  Except it also says this "Residents will have access to public water only between the hours of 5:00 AM and 10:30 AM until further notice, following days of disrupted service across the city."

Yes, that is the normal mains water service to each property, not via a delivery truck when the mains service is turned off

[TheAppletons]

2 minutes ago, hotchilli said:

Yes, that is the normal mains water service to each property, not via a delivery truck when the mains service is turned off

 

  Which is why I originally asked if "water distribution" referred to water trucks delivery, residential taps, or both.  

[ChaiyaTH]

2 hours ago, ukrules said:

This is where an underground gravity fed tank becomes quite useful - it will drip fill over hours. Our tank is full (and underground).

Next door who has one of those large round above ground tanks has been empty all week as the pressure is not high enough to reach the top of their tank, so they're leeching off us for now.

 

Plenty of 'water delivery tankers' driving around the streets today - I wonder where they get their supplies from?

 

Underground water is usually super dirty too. Never had issue even with super low pressure to fill any of my tanks, that will be some plumbing fk up then.

 

Aside from the fact one can put a pump on it too. We only use underground for absolute emergencies and with 2 filters.

[Dante99]

31 minutes ago, TheAppletons said:

 

  I don't live here....staying in a condo temporarily this month while Chiang Mai is on fire. 

So just get a couple of large plastic trash containers and put them in your bathroom and kitchen.  A few hundred baht.

 

Also check with your condo and see how much storage water they have, most have some large tanks.

[ChaiyaTH]

But but we wanted to do 3 weeks songkran, bunch or morons...

[ChaiyaTH]

44 minutes ago, Dante99 said:

It is not about when you can take a shower, it is about when water will be coming out of the municipal supply pipes.  If you do not have personal water storage you should get a tank.

Obviously it is about when you can take a shower, else such measures would not be installed in the first place. If everyone had a tank it would be pointless.

[Dante99]

12 minutes ago, ChaiyaTH said:

Obviously it is about when you can take a shower, else such measures would not be installed in the first place. If everyone had a tank it would be pointless.

No the article is about the distribution of water not the use of water.  Read it.

[ChaiyaTH]

Just now, Dante99 said:

No the article is about the distribution of water not the use of water.  Read it.

Yeah DUHHHH.. seriously? Stating the obvious. The point is that MANY people do NOT have water tanks, hence they limit it to RUN. What would the point otherwise be to close off the water distribution in the first place. Good morning, maybe time for a coffee?

[Bill97]

53 minutes ago, ChaiyaTH said:

Underground water is usually super dirty too

Not my experience at all.

[NorthernRyland]

2 hours ago, ikke1959 said:

But  Songkran must go on... Let's waste millions litres of water all ove rthe country, and in the meantime we face rationing the normal use of it...

So be it. It'll be a cold day in hell before I don't get my annual filthy bucket of water dumped on my head.

[Grumpy one]

Some folk will be having nasty smelling crappers by 5 am

10.30 no water no flush and nooooo bum gun  

[Bill97]

17 minutes ago, Grumpy one said:

Some folk will be having nasty smelling crappers by 5 am

10.30 no water no flush and nooooo bum gun  

Just some idiot farangs.  Thais sorted this long ago.

[KhunLA]

Hour south of HH, and why we make sure our storage tanks (8) are always topped up before the yearly 'drought time' / water shortage warnings ... JIC  Everyone should have at least 1 tank.

 

Along with a very basic solar back up, if only 3kwh  system w/small battery.  Or an EV you can plug your frig and a fan into.  Simple, inexpensive preps for living in 3rd world country.

 

[Srikcir]

In the past:

• "HUA HIN INFRASTRUCTURE REFORM", By Nick, December 27, 2013 huahintoday.co “Hua Hin needs remodeling and reorganisation as it is growing without practical direction. It has water shortage, wastewater and traffic jams. The new City Plan will address these issues so that Hua Hin will remain charming and attractive to visitors worldwide,” 
• "AS TAPS GO DRY, HUA HIN QUESTIONS IMMENSE ARTIFICIAL LAGOON", By Sasiwan Mokkhasen, Staff Reporter, March 1, 2016 khaosodenglish.com
• "Fixing Water Problems," By Nick, June 2019 Huahintoday.com  "Upon the completion of this project, residents should be relieved of water shortage problems and occasional floods caused by blockade in the drainage."

Today there is a plan (paraphrasing):

• On April 1, 2024, a memorandum of understanding aimed at increasing the volume of raw water available for tap water. Hua Hin Municipality and the Irrigation Office No. 14 promises to solve the recent issues regarding a lack of water being supplied to different parts of Hua Hin. Huahintoday.com 

A plan is not a strategy. It's an excuse for an unfullfilled goal.

[AhFarangJa]

8 hours ago, ikke1959 said:

But  Songkran must go on... Let's waste millions litres of water all ove rthe country, and in the meantime we face rationing the normal use of it...

Exactly, and this stupid government has extended it so they have started throwing water today near us. and the Wife says it can go on until the 20 or 21st.......absolutely ridiculous.