PHUKET: Private and public water resources should both be available to ensure continued water supplies on Phuket, the Governor, Jamleran Tipayapongtada, said yesterday.
More water could be needed because of the pace of development on Phuket, he said.
Officially, according to the Phuket Irrigation Office, Phuket's Bang Wad reservoir holds 10.6 million cubic metres, Bang Niaow holds 7.2 million cubic metres, and a new dam in Chalong that will be completed in 2017 will hold 4.7 million cubic metres.
There is officially ''enough water for consumers.''
But with pace of development on Phuket still rapid, Governor Jamleran made that point that more water is in private sources and that really should become available to supplement public supplies.
Continued rapid development leaves Phuket exposed for maintaining adequate water supplies and disposing of increasing amounts of garbage.
The governor said he believed both public and private sources of water should be available when needed.
An extended period without rain earlier this year, before the arrival of the seasonal monsoon, left Phuket close to running seriously short of water.
Phuketwan has suggested that major retail and residential projects on Phuket should be obliged in future to create ponds or lakes to meet their own supplies of water.
More water could be needed because of the pace of development on Phuket, he said.
Officially, according to the Phuket Irrigation Office, Phuket's Bang Wad reservoir holds 10.6 million cubic metres, Bang Niaow holds 7.2 million cubic metres, and a new dam in Chalong that will be completed in 2017 will hold 4.7 million cubic metres.
There is officially ''enough water for consumers.''
But with pace of development on Phuket still rapid, Governor Jamleran made that point that more water is in private sources and that really should become available to supplement public supplies.
Continued rapid development leaves Phuket exposed for maintaining adequate water supplies and disposing of increasing amounts of garbage.
The governor said he believed both public and private sources of water should be available when needed.
An extended period without rain earlier this year, before the arrival of the seasonal monsoon, left Phuket close to running seriously short of water.
Phuketwan has suggested that major retail and residential projects on Phuket should be obliged in future to create ponds or lakes to meet their own supplies of water.
Years ago I did some research on water conservation in Phuket. While interviewing a (very frustrated) water management consultant he told me that many hotels rated themselves higher because they had water-guzzling 'rain showers'. He and his company had to leave in the end as he could not persuade people that water management is vital.
Posted by Sam Wilko on November 4, 2015 15:29