webfact Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 Phuket filthy water spotlight focuses on KamalaSuthicha SiriratThe klong at the south end of Kamala.PHUKET: -- Following the fuss over foul water flowing down a klong in Bangtao and across the beach, causing skin rashes and infections, experts yesterday (April 23) took a look at another klong, in Kamala, where local people reported similar disgusting smells and health problems.Nutthakrit Polpet, a specialist from the Department of Natural Resources and Environment, Provincial Council member Sonthaya Suntharak and officers from the Marine and Coastal Resources Department visited Klong Baan Nork Lay, which is at the south end of Kamala Bay.The visit cam in answer to complaints from local people about filthy water flowing onto the beach, releasing a foul smell, causing skin problems for those who stepped in it, and killing marine life.Mr Nutthakrit acknowledged there was a pollution problem and proposed that, as a short-term remedy, a sump will be dug to trap sediments which can be periodically drained. Effective microbes will also be added to the klong to clean up bacteria.In the longer term, a wastewater treatment plant needs to be built, but Karun Sriden, Mayor of Kamala, said the local municipality has no budget for this.“We have the plans drawn up but we don’t have the budget to built it. We need private businesses to fund it, then we will repay them from the fees we charge to users.“In the meantime we are going to pump out the mud and sediment in the canal before the rainy season sets in. We probably will have to use our own personal money to do this.”Source: http://www.thephuketnews.com/phuket-filthy-water-spotlight-focuses-on-kamala-45849.php-- Phuket News 2014-04-23 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clockman Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 If you want tourists, you have to reinvest! The golden days are over. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thai at Heart Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 All the major resorts have the same layout. Storm drains filled with grey water being pumped out into the sea. Ghastly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laurentbkk Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 "We have the plans drawn up but we don’t have the budget to built it. We need private businesses to fund it" Maybe better to ask all those police of politician the money they receive in corruption would be more appropriate. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KarenBravo Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 All this is making the Governor look stupid. He washed his face in it and pronounced it safe. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelepulse Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 How do you make a small fortune in Thailand? Invest a large fortune in a wastewater treatment plant then get paid back between 5-10% of initial large investment........... If you're lucky! Seriously, does the local gov'ts not get a piece of the various taxes imposed on the rental of hotel and guesthouses? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PETERTHEEATER Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 "We probably will have to use our own personal money to do this.” You take, sometimes you have to give back....... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seashore Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 They also don't have the money to hook anyone up to the local water either. There has been talks about this for the last 25 years in Kamala and it is always the same story, no money. Somehow I doubt that this is the real story. Nothing will be done in the short term or long term. Watch that Klong and see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thhMan Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 Wont be long before more of this disgusting news hits International holiday makers and Thailand will simply be crossed off the list of nice places to visit. It all starts with education... perhaps they should stop showing 24 hour soapies to the retards and instead, more news and issues that can happen if the locals dont pick up their game. I cant really blame any foreigners as we really dont have any rights, so cannot steer policy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eezergood Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 Jesus wept, how many points of interest/focus points do we have now???? You know what that means? Yes you got it a HUB, we will have a HUB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ggt Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 More filthy water...to mix with the already filthy water... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldsailor35 Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 If you want tourists, you have to reinvest! The golden days are over. Reinvest ! what in the hell are you talking about ! Everybody in Thailand knows that the way to overcome any commercial problem, is to 'hike the price up' 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidstipek Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 Anyone test it for Benzine properties? Jet fuel? Engine oil? worth a check to insure what and possibly where it came from... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atsiii Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 The problem is endemic in Thailand. The central government spends billions of baht for wastewater treatment plants. But the construction is then given to cousins and brothers and uncles who have never built any such thing. There is no project or construction engineering. So when the money is gone, the plant won't/can't come online. As a result, I read a year or so ago that only 14% of Thailand's waste is treated before being released to the environment; meaning 86% is released without any treatment whatsoever. The pervasive corruption is drowning the nation in its own waste! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaZa9 Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 Is there a sewage grid in Kamala , or Surin , or Bang Tao? If so , where is it? Where is the treatment plant? Ive never seen any evidence of it....everywhere Ive lived has a pit , probably tainting ground water since there are so many ... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thaiready Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 The septic tank of Thailand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickeymouse22 Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 as we have read the governor has tested other black waters in phuket (don't know if he tested kamala yet) with a splash water skin test and all is good. unfortunately he does not realize is that the western world is some what educated and aware of what black water usually means in a canal. i have been searching endlessly on the internet for white sand beaches and black sea water to take my holiday other then thailand. what i really don't understand is why the western honorary consuls here in phuket have not tested this water themselves and provide the results to their own citizens. are they not here to protect their own citizens? of all the western people they surely know how the thai leaders on this island solve problems. its time these honorary consuls stand up and protect their own. surely the thais are not going to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VocalNeal Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 To all the Phuket residents on here who are complaining, who probably don't pay any local taxes. What have you done to improve the waste treatment of the discharge from your own house or Moobahn? Hippocrites one and all. If you don't pay local taxes you cannot expect the local authority do do anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eezergood Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 To all the Phuket residents on here who are complaining, who probably don't pay any local taxes. What have you done to improve the waste treatment of the discharge from your own house or Moobahn? Hippocrites one and all. If you don't pay local taxes you cannot expect the local authority do do anything. I pay taxes & my employer has a water treatment facility! Furthermore I use, when needed, my greywater to water the plants Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qualitytourist Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 Is there any kid friendly beach with decent water quality on Phuket? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shirtless Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 Thailand needs to address the pollution problems that have been generated through excess development on Islands such as Phuket if they want to attract tourists in the future, If they fail to fix these pollution problems then you will soon see a massive downturn in Tourism, Vat, Land prices and an increase in Business bankruptcies . Wake up Thailand before the competition takes your Tourism market . Vietnam, Indonesia, Burma Laos Cambodia Philippines . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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