Drinking Water Plenty

[bedbugy]

with the shortage of drinking water now in bangkok

and the government seeking it from singapour and other sources

what wrong with the water from the many waterfalls here in thailand surely they could move it in tankers or pipe it to where its needed then bottle it

when one goes to a waterfall you don't take bottled drinking water to drink

[StreetCowboy]

I suppose they don't have dead sheep in Thailand...

SC

[lovetotravel]

I wouldn't drink from any river in Thailand. Waterfall or not. There's very few places in the world where you can do that and be certain the water is OK. Up stream contamination is a real problem (water buffalo, fish farm, villages with runoff, mining, etc.).

Google: village thailand water contamination mining

Amazing at what you will find.

http://en.wikipedia....ues_in_Thailand

The most critical environmental problem that Thailand is facing presently, is the water pollution.^[10] Despite the annual southwest monsoon, Thailand is subject to drought, particularly the northeastern region.^[11] As of 2002, Thailand had less available water per person than any other country in Asia, and nearly one third of its water was "unsuitable for human consumption."^[12] Unconsumable water was also a result of increasing untreated domestic sewage, industrial wastewater and solid hazardous wastes. ^[12]

Like air pollution, water pollution is most serious in the populous Central Region, with high levels of industrial and domestic wastewater. The depletion of the water table around Bangkok has led to land subsidence.

http://www.searo.who...on1797_7718.htm

[paulian]

If there's such a shortage of drinking water why are there pick up trucks all over Bangkok and Pattaya filled with water selling it at 3-4 times what it normally costs ?

[jackr]

^^ I think you answered your own question.

[dinger]

I have a question, as beer is basicly water with some additives where are they getting the water to continue making beer? I haven't seen a shortage in Leo yet

[SweRob]

I have a question, as beer is basicly water with some additives where are they getting the water to continue making beer? I haven't seen a shortage in Leo yet

There is a shortage in Leo, atleast in Ratchada/BKK, both my family marts been out of stock of ALL beers for over a week.