Construction Site Contaminates Kamala Beach

[Pinot]

Sunday’s rains brought down tons of soil runoff from a construction site above Kamala Beach. The ocean water was thick with contaminating top soil runoff. This type of pollution harms the delicate marine ecology including fish, shellfish and especially coral. The coral breathes sea water. The topsoil runoff strangles and kills the coral.

The Mont Azure construction site is perched on the side of the mountain above the North end of Kamala Beach and is owned by Macquarie Bank out of Australia. The placement of the construction site on the side of a mountain guarantees that this polluting runoff will continue indefinitely.

[2fishin2]

And your point being.....all i see is typical red clay run off. Happens all over thailand anytime it rains....

[stevenl]

And your point being.....all i see is typical red clay run off. Happens all over thailand anytime it rains....

It is destructive and happens all the time, all the more reason to try and do something about it.

[2fishin2]

What are you going to do dam up every creek and river that drains into the ocean....it isnt happening hahah

[modafinil]

Wow, you are really interested in Kamala, Pinot.

Why not rent a motorbike and visit some of the other beaches on the island of Phuket?

We could have a special sticky thread for complaining about every beach on the island - wouldn't that be great!

[hansgruber]

That's the black Shit coming out the klong. Walk along that white bridge and look down. Wouldn't swim there for money.

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[Pinot]

And your point being.....all i see is typical red clay run off. Happens all over thailand anytime it rains....

Funny, it's not happening at the other two klongs along the beach, just below the new construction site.

[Yahooka]

Not surprised................but is there any more corals to kill off around Phuket ??

[phuketrichard]

most of the coral at the north end of Kamala was wiped out during the tsunami

BTW took a sunday motorbike ride from Kamala up to the airport,

Kamala everyday has groups of thais back on the beach an tourists laying on the mats an their towels, a few enterprising thais are setting up small stands again in front of the police station, hope their gone soon

Looking down at Laem Singh beach from the lookout, NO CHAIRS at all

Surin looks so good without the 3 rows of chairs and the rests clogging the beach

Every beach is beautiful, Laguna looks so nice, only the big hotel on the beach has chairs out ( not sure if that is their land or not) but all the rests, shops are gone and the beach is cleaned

except that <deleted> club on Layan beach and for some reason the little place next door all the small restaurants that used to be along the beach are gone.

Nai Yang is empty or rests an chairs

I hope it lasts

[2fishin2]

And your point being.....all i see is typical red clay run off. Happens all over thailand anytime it rains....

Funny, it's not happening at the other two klongs along the beach, just below the new construction site.

Its obvious you didnt study science in school. There's this thing called gravity....things go downhill, not up. Where does the runoff from mountains go, oh yeah the ocean. Phuket is mountainous and the crap washes straight into the ocean. Take a drive around other areas during or after a rain.....happens everywhere, even places where there is no construction.