Lack Of Bottled Drinking Water In Phuket

[Junglejumbo]

I am staying in Patong, Phuket and all 7-11's and other main road convenience stores are sold out of bottled drinking water with the exception of some stores having the small white bottles which are low quality and the water tastes of plastic. However, if you search down the sois to the family-owend shop houses you can still find some bottles but pretty much all of them are the small bottles. If you're a big water drinker like me, it's a bit of a bother. If you're the type that can get by on 3-4 of those small 33ml bottles or substituting with coka-cola which two tourists told me they were doing, then perhaps you'll get by for a while before getting something else wrong with you. Tourists should be aware of the water problem elsewhere in Thailand as the plastic bottles and tops are mostly made around Bangkok.

[CharlieH]

This is a Nationwide problem, I live in the North far away from any flooding and the water is now rationed to one 12 bottle case per family when it's available, which is sporadic at best. Others are charging ridiculous amounts for it. I saw one shop selling a 1ltr bottle of water for 83 baht !! that's 3 times the price of petrol !!

[LuckyLew]

This is a Nationwide problem, I live in the North far away from any flooding and the water is now rationed to one 12 bottle case per family when it's available, which is sporadic at best. Others are charging ridiculous amounts for it. I saw one shop selling a 1ltr bottle of water for 83 baht !! that's 3 times the price of petrol !!

It is illegal to charge such a high price for water

Bottled water is on a list if items that is "priced controlled"

If I was charge that price for bottled water, I would call the

authorities to have them charged, there is a 4 digit number

you can call from your cell

But that is just me, i think only pigs gauge people during

a time of crisis

[FalangBaa]

Try SuperCheap. No trouble getting big bottles (1.5 l) in several of the new small SC stores. Still 15 baht a bottle. Restaurant at my condo are charging 100 baht now for 6 x 1.5 l bottles. Last week was 75 baht, the week before that 55 baht... Next week probably 120 baht for 6?