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Just one-fifth of wastewater is being treated
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Just one-fifth of wastewater is being treated

Just one-fifth of wastewater is being treated
Janjira Pongrai
Pongphon Sarnsamak
The Nation

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BANGKOK: -- Nearly half of the country's existing wastewater-treatment facilities have run into problems, and at present capacity, just one fifth of Thailand's wastewater is being treated.

"Every day, communities, factories and farms release 14.8 million cubic metres of wastewater," Pollution Control Department director general Wichien Jungrungruang said. "Of that amount, only 3.2 million goes into the proper treatment systems."

Wichien said that Bt83 billion has been spent on the construction of 101 wastewatertreatment plants. Construction on 91 of those has already been completed, but 20 are not working properly.

"Some parts of the systems are malfunctioning," Wichien said.

Local authorities are unable to maintain their systems because they cannot collect wastewater treatment fees and because they lack adequate technical knowledge.

"In some areas, the systems are simply not comprehensive enough," Wichien said.

Apart from the malfunctioning treatment plants, 28 others are discharging poorly treated water.

"The quality of water from these wastewatertreatment facilities is not up to standards," he said.

These include facilities in Mueang Sukhothai, Mueang Map Ta Phut in Rayong and Nong Khaem in Bangkok.

"At this point, we have just 43 good wastewatertreatment facilities in place," Wichien said.

Wastewater Management Authority director Pairoj Sattayasankul admitted that many existing facilities were in disarray.

"We have now requested a budget of Bt270 million to revive nine facilities in key cities such as Songkhla, Chon Buri, Chiang Mai and Prachuap Khiri Khan," Pairoj said.

Most of these facilities had been completely abandoned for four or five years now, he said.


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DKPete
desværre et stort problem rigtig mange steder :-( Og der er jo ofte ikke rigtig penge i det... Så engang et mega renseanlæg i Chongqing, Kina hvor man godt nok rensede vandet - men kun for derefter at pumpe slam etc. direkte ud i Yangtze....suk
 
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På turiststederne, exvis Pattis, Phuket, Krabi er man meget bevidste om problemet og kammer store penge ind fra turistindustrien (hoteller, guesthouses, tourcompagnies etc. ) Men naturligvis kun de falang drevne.... Pengene havner i lommerne på Pu Yai Ban og OrborTor og kun smuler går videre til det egentlige.
"The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits."
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