Wastewater streams onto Phuket’s Surin Beach

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Wastewater streams onto Phuket’s Surin Beach

Yutthawat Lekmak

 

Phuket Governor Chockchai Dejamornthan has vowed to personally look into the rancid wastewater spilling onto Surin Beach. Photo: Yutthawat Lekmak

 

PHUKET: Officials this week vowed to take quick action to rectify a growing pool rancid, black wastewater from continuing to spill onto Surin Beach.

 

The sepid wastewater was spotted by beach-goers last Wednesday (Nov 16), and reported to The Phuket News.

 

“We will use a backhoe to fix that problem soon,” MaAnn Samran, Chief of the Cherng Talay Tambon Administration Organisation (OrBorTor), told The Phuket News reporters he called to his office to respond in person to the issue.

 

Mr MaAnn did not elaborate on how a backhoe would stem the flow of wastewater onto beach.

 

He did, however, confirm that the B320-million project initiated in 2012 to expand the sewage system in the area and install a wastewater-treatment plant had yet to come onstream.

 

“The project is about 80 per cent complete, we are now only waiting for the Phuket Governor to sign approval for Phase II of the project,” he said.

 

As promised in January, Mr MaAnn confirmed that Cherng Talay OrBorTor trucks were pumping wastewater from Surin and Bang Tao beaches every day at 10am, 1pm and 2pm.

 

“This is only a temporary measure. The wastewater will go through filtation treatment adn will be stored at a treatment plant until we’re ready to treat it fully and release it elsewhere,” he said.

 

Chief MaAnn explained that Phase II of the sewage-system upgrade had been already approved by the Department of Environment Quality Promotion (DEQP).

 

“We have already sent the relevant documents to the Phuket Governor to sign his approval so we can go ahead with the rest of this project,” he said.

 

Full story: http://www.thephuketnews.com/wastewater-streams-onto-phuket-surin-beach-60016.php#P8TIXaS0Fvu7A6vW.97

 

 

 

-- © Copyright Phuket News 2016-11-27

 

[LivinginKata]

Is this really news .... just the normal situation.

[Shot]

“We will use a backhoe to fix that problem soon,”

 

Must be one of them thar newfangled magical backhoes with a unicorn driving it.

[steelepulse]

>> He did, however, confirm that the B320-million project initiated in 2012 to expand the sewage system in the area and install a wastewater-treatment plant had yet to come onstream.

 

4+ years later, millions of baht disappeared into a black hole and still not done...........................................

[LivinginKata]

23 minutes ago, steelepulse said:

 

4+ years later, millions of baht disappeared into a black hole and still not done...........................................

 

More like disappeared into a back pocket ...

[williamgeorgeallen]

53 minutes ago, Shot said:

“We will use a backhoe to fix that problem soon,”

 

Must be one of them thar newfangled magical backhoes with a unicorn driving it.

we have the same problem on our beach where the river that flows along side the ambassador city hotel meets the sea. once or twice a year the sand builds up on the beach and a cesspit forms behind it. a backhoe is bought in to get the water flowing again. kind of 'fixes' the problem, well not really.

[Inepto Cracy]

swimming at the west coast beaches is like swimming in a toilet. You just go through the motions.

If tourists only knew what was in the water... 

[Lamkyong]

1 hour ago, LivinginKata said:

 

More like disappeared into a back pocket ...

same same

[Redline]

2 hours ago, Shot said:

“We will use a backhoe to fix that problem soon,”

 

Must be one of them thar newfangled magical backhoes with a unicorn driving it.

It's the one with the water purification attachment

[natway09]

This is how you attract "quality tourism".

The Phuket province must be the most wealthy in the country & still not built a sewerage plant.

Greedy bastards

[Retiredandhappyhere]

Come to Thailand for a holiday in Phuket, take a swim in the sea and take home more than you came with.  A good slogan for TAT?

[NamKangMan]

8 hours ago, Shot said:

“We will use a backhoe to fix that problem soon,”

 

Must be one of them thar newfangled magical backhoes with a unicorn driving it.

 

 

“We will use a backhoe to fix that problem soon,” - should read, "We will use a backhoe to cover up that problem soon." 

[dhream]

They could get inspiration from 'clean' Pattaya's 'Cavorting Porpoises" sculpture, and create some Cavorting Poop logs, complete with semi-digested tomato skin bikinis.

[dhream]

FOUR YEARS to build 80% of a sewage treatment plant?

Still waiting on the mere stroke of a VIP pen to wrap it up?

That famous island holiday atmosphere must really be contagious.

[NamKangMan]

25 minutes ago, dhream said:

FOUR YEARS to build 80% of a sewage treatment plant?

Still waiting on the mere stroke of a VIP pen to wrap it up?

That famous island holiday atmosphere must really be contagious.

 

"Still waiting on the mere stroke of a VIP pen to wrap it up?" - unfortunately, the VIP even stole the pen. 

[oldsailor35]

Money probably all gone. But will anyone bother to trace it .