Neglected Pattaya sewage treatment plant leaking, needs costly repairs

[NCC1701A]

On 12/23/2016 at 4:50 PM, phantomfiddler said:

Having designed several sewage treatment plants, for Thames Water in London and Camp Dresser and McKee in U.S.A., I think I know what a sewage treatment plant looks like, and searching the whole area I can see nothing that vaguely resembles one ! This could easily lead one to believe the whole thing is a very expensive scam. If anyone here has personal knowledge of the whereabouts of this 1.8 billion plant could you post the info here ? I would love to know where it is, if it actually exists. 

here is a google maps view of a plant near my old home in Southern California.

Anybody see anything like this Pattaya? In Thailand?

 

 

[ExpatOilWorker]

You guys can have the Khlong Dan waste water treatment plant project, if you want it.

 

http://www.thailand-construction.com/klong-dan-the-mother-of-corruption-cases

 

[WhizBang]

Well, if Prayut is serious about fixing Thailand (yeah, I am having trouble keeping a straight face too) then scrap the submarines the military wants to buy for US$1 BILLION (about 35 BILLION baht) and use the money for fixing things like this sewage treatment plant.

 

The submarines are useless to Thailand and are just  a pure toys for the boys expenditure, however Thailand's crumbling and seriously neglected infrastructure needs immediate attention, so the submarine money should be put to a use that will actually benefit the citizens of Thailand.

 

I know, fat chance.
 

[The man from udon]

Duct tape and a lick of paint should sort it all out.

[gk10002000]

On ‎12‎/‎24‎/‎2016 at 4:24 AM, NCC1701A said:

here is a google maps view of a plant near my old home in Southern California.

Anybody see anything like this Pattaya? In Thailand?

 

 

I am in San Diego but spend a lot of time in LA and Orange County.  I didn't know the Dockweiler beach was that close to the plant!  yech

[BernieOnTour]

the result of 7? years with Itthipol as mayor...

 

http://www.pattayanewsflash.com/investigation/itthiphols_legacy.html

 

http://www.pattayanewsflash.com/investigation/the_khunploems.html

[Reigntax]

On Sunday, December 25, 2016 at 0:55 AM, WhizBang said:

Well, if Prayut is serious about fixing Thailand (yeah, I am having trouble keeping a straight face too) then scrap the submarines the military wants to buy for US$1 BILLION (about 35 BILLION baht) and use the money for fixing things like this sewage treatment plant.

 

The submarines are useless to Thailand and are just  a pure toys for the boys expenditure, however Thailand's crumbling and seriously neglected infrastructure needs immediate attention, so the submarine money should be put to a use that will actually benefit the citizens of Thailand.

 

I know, fat chance.
 

 

The submarines will just have to continue undeterred.

[Philthyphil]

After the rain today the water in Pattaya bay turned poo brown. It is usually green brown.

So I guess they haven't got around to fixing it yet?

[fforest1]

26 minutes ago, Philthyphil said:

After the rain today the water in Pattaya bay turned poo brown. It is usually green brown.

So I guess they haven't got around to fixing it yet?

The water in Pattaya bay is the most filthy poluted nasty sea water

I have ever seen in my life...Until this is cleaned up I laugh in the

face of anyone who says Pattaya will be family resort...

Pattaya will not be a family resort in a million years with puke green

and poo brown sea water....

Edited March 29, 2017 by fforest1

[Reigntax]

Those bloody squirrels again?

[300sd]

It is what it is, it's Thailand.

[Philthyphil]

17 hours ago, fforest1 said:

The water in Pattaya bay is the most filthy poluted nasty sea water

I have ever seen in my life...Until this is cleaned up I laugh in the

face of anyone who says Pattaya will be family resort...

Pattaya will not be a family resort in a million years with puke green

and poo brown sea water....

Bang Saen is worse. More rubbish, filthier water.

But chonburi city beach is the worst I have seen. It is just a black sludge lapping the shore, Thais go down there, but no one dares to go in the water. They just go there to eat amongst all the rubbish.

All the fishing boats come in there. After what I saw down there I rarely eat seafood anymore. It is unbelievable. I don't think they even have a broken treatment plant.

[pkspeaker]

and then they can't understand why the hotels in the beach resorts are empty..with tourism dependent economy, the money is spent on a new aircraft carrier..

 

and it's not just pattaya, you can see this shit drifting all the way to kochang .. and nearby cambodia is probably even worse if they even have a sewege treatment plant

Edited March 30, 2017 by pkspeaker

[Philthyphil]

2 hours ago, pkspeaker said:

and then they can't understand why the hotels in the beach resorts are empty..with tourism dependent economy, the money is spent on a new aircraft carrier..

 

and it's not just pattaya, you can see this shit drifting all the way to kochang .. and nearby cambodia is probably even worse if they even have a sewege treatment plant

Pattaya is filthy, but if you compare it to other chonburi beaches, it is one of the "best" re water quality and rubbish.

phots below of Bang Saen. Last time I was there the water was Floru green.

[Philthyphil]

The water down at Bang Saen is often Fluro green, in Pattaya currently it is only dull green/grey/brown.

f they don't fix the sewerage into ocean problem in Pattaya, I give it five years and it will be the same.

But they are spending millions on rehabilitating the beach, so the beach will be nice, just the water will be toxic.

[fforest1]

Fluro green...mmmm......Sounds delicious...

[sandemara]

How can Pattaya residents, visitors or investors be so calm in their acknowledgement of the environmental and public health disaster that the authorities have created as a result of their lack of basic care and responsibility for the town's sewerage treatment and disposal system? 

City authorities have openly admitted they have not fulfilled the trust and obligation hundreds of thousands of local people gave them to ensure safe standards in operation of health services and facilities like the sewerage system over several years.

 

It isn't hard to envisage or imagine what happens to the residents in a fishbowl if a responsible pet owner doesn't regularly clean the bowl and properly treat body waste the fish release into their environment.

Children, the elderly and frail are at high risk due to the uninterrupted sewerage overflow conditions created by Pattaya authorities around the town.

Face-saving and pretentions, dishonesty and a lack of concern for Thailand's ordinary citizens have placed Pattaya's population at extraordinary risk, as well as the tourist visitors they pretend to welcome..

How many tourists are going to cancel their Pattaya holidays when they learn the town is slowly drowning in its own raw human waste? Most residents, due to financial circumstances, won't have the same option.  They're stuck in Sh*t Creek without a paddle - literally - thanks to the stumble-bum ineptitude of city authorities who couldn't care less about their civic responsibilities..

What should have been an easily avoidable public health disaster has been compounded by a combination of greed  and gross corruption of proper community and authority processes.

[Philthyphil]

52 minutes ago, sandemara said:

How can Pattaya residents, visitors or investors be so calm in their acknowledgement of the environmental and public health disaster that the authorities have created as a result of their lack of basic care and responsibility for the town's sewerage treatment and disposal system? 

City authorities have openly admitted they have not fulfilled the trust and obligation hundreds of thousands of local people gave them to ensure safe standards in operation of health services and facilities like the sewerage system over several years.

 

It isn't hard to envisage or imagine what happens to the residents in a fishbowl if a responsible pet owner doesn't regularly clean the bowl and properly treat body waste the fish release into their environment.

Children, the elderly and frail are at high risk due to the uninterrupted sewerage overflow conditions created by Pattaya authorities around the town.

Face-saving and pretentions, dishonesty and a lack of concern for Thailand's ordinary citizens have placed Pattaya's population at extraordinary risk, as well as the tourist visitors they pretend to welcome..

How many tourists are going to cancel their Pattaya holidays when they learn the town is slowly drowning in its own raw human waste? Most residents, due to financial circumstances, won't have the same option.  They're stuck in Sh*t Creek without a paddle - literally - thanks to the stumble-bum ineptitude of city authorities who couldn't care less about their civic responsibilities..

What should have been an easily avoidable public health disaster has been compounded by a combination of greed  and gross corruption of proper community and authority processes.

Great post!!!!

But it isn't only the broken down sewerage that is that makes pattaya bay a toxic concoction.

it is also 

street food vendors who wash their stuff and tip the dirty water into the street drains,

same same the motorcycle repair shops 

the builders who plumb sewerage into the storm water drains because it is easier

the piles of rubbish by the side of the roads, when it rains the sludge also goes straight into the storm water drains

and everyone else who uses the storm water drains as a bin, smokers actually think they are doing the right thing by doing this.

 

It all ends up in the drains, then the glongs and then out to sea, some of which gets washed back up onto the tourist beaches.

 

[Philthyphil]

1 hour ago, sandemara said:

How can Pattaya residents, visitors or investors be so calm in their acknowledgement of the environmental and public health disaster that the authorities have created as a result of their lack of basic care and responsibility for the town's sewerage treatment and disposal system? 

City authorities have openly admitted they have not fulfilled the trust and obligation hundreds of thousands of local people gave them to ensure safe standards in operation of health services and facilities like the sewerage system over several years.

 

It isn't hard to envisage or imagine what happens to the residents in a fishbowl if a responsible pet owner doesn't regularly clean the bowl and properly treat body waste the fish release into their environment.

Children, the elderly and frail are at high risk due to the uninterrupted sewerage overflow conditions created by Pattaya authorities around the town.

Face-saving and pretentions, dishonesty and a lack of concern for Thailand's ordinary citizens have placed Pattaya's population at extraordinary risk, as well as the tourist visitors they pretend to welcome..

How many tourists are going to cancel their Pattaya holidays when they learn the town is slowly drowning in its own raw human waste? Most residents, due to financial circumstances, won't have the same option.  They're stuck in Sh*t Creek without a paddle - literally - thanks to the stumble-bum ineptitude of city authorities who couldn't care less about their civic responsibilities..

What should have been an easily avoidable public health disaster has been compounded by a combination of greed  and gross corruption of proper community and authority processes.

I live in Pattaya and usually when friends come to visit, we only spend a day or two here because of exactly what you are saying.

We then go down to Phket, Phangna or Samui. They want to go to the beach and be able to swim. We can't do it in Pattaya, it just isn't healthy. 

 

We used to go to Ko Larn, the water is clear, but now the rubbish is out of control.

 

I was never embarrassed about Pattayas sex capital of the world reputation, but now I am embarrassed of the rubbish dump by the sewer that it has become.

[Philthyphil]

Pattaya City, where the sewerage goes on to the beach because the sewerage plant has broken down and where they can't remove the piles of garbage off the sois because for the last four years they haven't had a garbage dump to put it in!!!!

 

http://www.pattayamail.com/news/pattaya-ordered-solve-decade-long-trash-crisis-165441

 

It is getting worse by the hour, people are dumping rubbish all over town and raw sewerage is flowing into the sea.

[ChakaKhan]

On 3/30/2017 at 0:01 AM, Philthyphil said:

Pattaya is filthy, but if you compare it to other chonburi beaches, it is one of the "best" re water quality and rubbish.

phots below of Bang Saen. Last time I was there the water was Floru green.

Wow---yuk.....maybe need to send these pics to the mirror to get thais to get this fixed....

[Asiantravel]

On ‎30‎/‎03‎/‎2017 at 11:01 AM, Philthyphil said:

Pattaya is filthy, but if you compare it to other chonburi beaches, it is one of the "best" re water quality and rubbish.

phots below of Bang Saen. Last time I was there the water was Floru green.

there is nothing like that on on Cambodian beaches or Vietnamese beaches. unreal!

[Asiantravel]

On ‎30‎/‎03‎/‎2017 at 8:54 AM, pkspeaker said:

and then they can't understand why the hotels in the beach resorts are empty..with tourism dependent economy, the money is spent on a new aircraft carrier..

 

and it's not just pattaya, you can see this shit drifting all the way to kochang .. and nearby cambodia is probably even worse if they even have a sewege treatment plant

probably? so what you have decided from your armchair Cambodia is even worse?

Get off your posterior and go and look at the beach in Sihanoukville and tell us if it's anything like the mess it is here

of course there is pollution there but it's nowhere near the disgusting mess of pattaya and the water is clean in Sihanoukville

Edited April 1, 2017 by Asiantravel

[NanLaew]

3 minutes ago, Asiantravel said:

probably? so what you have decided from your armchair Cambodia is even worse?

Get off your posterior and go and look at the beach in Sihanoukville and tell us if it's anything like the mess it is here

of course there is pollution there but it's nowhere near the disgusting mess of pattaya and the water is clean in Sihanoukville

... for now.

 

Pattaya used to be quiet, laid back with clean beaches... just like 'Snooky' is presently. Just because one has chosen to reside where they haven't yet cocked up or totally ignored the necessary basic infrastructure to support a huge beach resort, doesn't mean you have stumbled across a much better place to be in the long run. Enjoy it while it lasts since historically, countries driven by socialist politics and economics tend to be even less interested in investing properly for the future.

 

Note the added emphasis above; Sorry but you aint comparing apples with apples.

[Bastos60]

On 12/23/2016 at 3:41 PM, chickenslegs said:

 

12.945000N - 100.918000E

 

It looks to me like it has never been completed either, way too much available open space.

 

But yeah that looks like a water treatment plant. 

Below is a similar setup for a plant in a city in Belgium.