Two-thirds of Koh Larn residents oppose water pipeline, poll finds

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Two-thirds of Koh Larn residents oppose water pipeline, poll finds

PATTAYA:--Two-thirds of Koh Larn residents oppose plans to lay an undersea pipeline to bring drinking water to the island even though they overwhelmingly believe solving water-scarcity problems would benefit them, a new survey showed.

Consultants from Kasetsart University’s Energy and Environmental Engineering Center hired by Pattaya to do the feasibility study for the project said Sept. 16 that only 34.6% of respondents approve of any of three options being considered to solve long-running water-shortage problems.

Of the remaining 65.4%, people either opposed the project, were unsure or - in the case of 31% of those not in agreement with the idea - had “no comment.”

The survey results deal a perplexing setback to Pattaya city officials who seemingly assumed that island residents would welcome any project solving the water scarcity problem. Fifty-three percent of mainland Pattaya residents asked the same questions approved of the plan.

The first of three options being considered by the city would see a pipeline run from the Banglamung water-treatment plant to the island over a distance of approximately 24.7 km. It would include installation of main water meter for Koh Larn’s supply. The price tag for the project is 495.1 million baht.

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-- Pattaya Mail 2014-09-26