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  • Environment NewsPhuket’s looming high season water crisis
    ThaigerPublished: 11:45, 11 July 2019
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    Phuket’s looming high season water crisis

    PHOTOS: Siraphat Kanphonngam Water shortages are almost a certainty for Phuket in the next high season with the rainfall for this year’s wet season well below average. The island’s three main catchments – Bang Neow Dam off Srisoonthorn Road, Bang Wad dam in Kathu and Khlong Kratha dam in Chalong – have all increased in their water levels since the dams dropped to…

  • Phuket NewsWater shut-off along parts of Phuket’s west coast
    ThaigerPublished: 09:43, 22 June 2019
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    Water shut-off along parts of Phuket’s west coast

    The Phuket Provincial Waterworks Authority says the mains water supply will be shut off around Patong, Karon and Kata from today until next Friday (June 28). Areas mostly affected will be homes and residences in elevated areas. Works are being carried out on the water-treatment plant in Karon. The water supply to the affected areas will be shut off from 9am to…

  • Phuket NewsArmy commander visits Phuket residents to discuss water shortage
    Kritsada MueanhawongPublished: 09:39, 26 April 2019
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    Army commander visits Phuket residents to discuss water shortage

    Lt Gen Pornsak Poonsawat, the Commander of the Fourth Army Region (Southern) in Nakhon Si Thammarat, came to Phuket to visit residents over water shortage issues in Rassada. Lt Gen Pornsak says “we were contacted from the Phuket Governor that Phuket is facing serious water shortages. We have come here with water trucks to help residents to join with other…

  • Phuket NewsResidents protest the Phuket Governor over water shortages
    Kritsada MueanhawongPublished: 17:19, 24 April 2019
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    Residents protest the Phuket Governor over water shortages

    Local residents in Rassada have picketed the Phuket Provincial City hall to demand answers from the Phuket Governor over the current water shortages. Phuket Governor Pakkaphong Tavipattana told the media yesterday they are managing to solve water shortage problems in Phuket throughout this dry season. Whilst claiming that there was no ‘drought crisis’ in Phuket the Governor said… “All local…

  • Phuket NewsPhuket’s water supply in a critical situation
    Kritsada MueanhawongPublished: 12:03, 23 April 2019
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    Phuket’s water supply in a critical situation

    Phuket’s water lords are now admitting the island’s water situation is in a critical situation – a situation they have had the power to avert but have chosen instead to ‘hope’ for monsoonal rains and go in search of alternative water sources to top up the dwindling catchment resources. Phuket is now in the throws of a water shortage. The…

  • Thailand Weather UpdatesPhuket’s water lords confident of supplies and back-up plans
    ThaigerPublished: 13:47, 19 April 2019
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    Phuket’s water lords confident of supplies and back-up plans

    PHOTO: Welcome to the moonscape – Bang Neow Dum off Srisoonthorn Road Well in to the second half of April in Phuket and the water situation is still dire, despite repeated assurances from the Provincial Irrigration Office and the Phuket Water Authority. The most recent assessment of the island’s three main catchments were that there was 2.8 million cubic metres of…

  • Phuket NewsPhuket’s water supply scraping the bottom of the three dams
    Kritsada MueanhawongPublished: 16:20, 10 April 2019
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    Phuket’s water supply scraping the bottom of the three dams

    The temperature hit 34 degrees today, light winds and 10% chance of rain for the rest of today (code for a slight chance of a tropical storm cell dropping its load on some small part of the island). And there’s little rain in sight until maybe Sunday. Meanwhile the remaining supply in Phuket’s three main catchments continues to evaporate today.…

  • Thailand Weather UpdatesSituation critical for Phuket’s water supply
    ThaigerPublished: 11:27, 10 April 2019
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    Situation critical for Phuket’s water supply

    Phuket has an acute water shortage. But there has been no warnings or even suggestions of restrictions from the Phuket Water Authority. Instead residents are heading to the local media to vent their frustration. On February 6 the PWA foreshadowed odd/even day water restrictions for some residential areas of the island, only to rescind the action the next day saying…

  • Phuket NewsWater restrictions on the agenda again as Phuket’s dams get low
    ThaigerPublished: 07:54, 09 March 2019
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    Water restrictions on the agenda again as Phuket’s dams get low

    The Phuket Water Authority, swinging wildly between ‘water restrictions’ and ‘there is plenty of water’, now says that water restrictions are again on the cards in a raft of suggestions being put to the Phuket Governor. The chief of the Provincial Waterworks Authority, Graisorn Mahamad, has raised the prospect of water restrictions (again) following the PM Prayut Chan-o-cha ordering water…

  • Phuket NewsWater Authority cancels water restrictions in Phuket
    ThaigerPublished: 08:59, 07 February 2019
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    Water Authority cancels water restrictions in Phuket

    PHOTO: Bang Wad dam in Kathu The Phuket Waterworks Authority (PWA) has announced a cancellation for water restrictions that were set to hit some some areas around Phuket from tomorrow. The PWA announced start dates for water restrictions to start in some areas of the island on Monday. The restrictions were set on an odd/even rotation and are usually a…

  • Phuket NewsWater restrictions announced as water levels in Phuket reservoirs drop
    ThaigerPublished: 09:22, 06 February 2019
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    Water restrictions announced as water levels in Phuket reservoirs drop

    The Phuket Waterworks Authority (PWA) has announced a date for water restrictions to start in some Phuket areas. They say the reason is water levels at reservoirs in Phuket are getting low in the dry seasons and they predict it will continue for the next three months. Water will be restricted for residents on even dates starting February 8 for…

  • Krabi NewsKoh Phi Phi has to address critical water problems
    ThaigerPublished: 08:16, 03 December 2018
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    Koh Phi Phi has to address critical water problems

    Special Report by Pratch Rujivanarom – PHOTOS: Sitang Pilailar “The groundwater is currently unsafe for consumption and a threat to health. Harmful pathogens and heavy metals originating from water pollution offshore have contaminated it.” The administrative authority of the Phi Phi Islands has once again called for help from the central government and state agencies to help address the chronic house…