Pattaya digs out Nok Yang canal

[Rimmer]

Pattaya digs out Nok Yang canal

PATTAYA:--Pattaya prepared for the coming rains by again cleaning Naklua’s Nok Yang canal.

Deputy Mayor Verawat Khakhay and Sompop Wandee, director of the Water Quality Management Department, deployed workers from the Sanitation Department at the waterway near Pattaya Technical College June 9. The aim was to remove the water plants that were filling the canal and dredge mud to prepare for the rainy season.

Canal clearance is an ongoing project. Many other areas have been cleared out and dug up during the previous months. City workers need to consistently move around to areas that are in need of attention.

The Nok Yang canal area has seen rapid growth of water plants. Verawat aims to ease floods during the rainy season and the clearance of the canals would support that project over the long term.

Nok Yang is one of the important areas where storm runoff flows before ending up in the sea.

The deputy mayor said residents will see a difference after all the canals are dredged and cleared.

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-- Pattaya Mail 2015-06-19

[burgdawg]

...does anyone know if cleaning is an annual maintenance item, or a 5 year timespan?

More curious than anything. Water plants love to invade and take over. Nice piece of equipment being used.

In my experience, there is usually 3-4 spotters and shovel leaners to hand clear pockets.