Phuket

gregor200 · #1 30-03-2005, 12:36

PHUKET: Phuket City Municipality is urging city residents to conserve water in the face of the on-going drought – the worst, it says, in the island’s history.

The Municipality has already been informed by the Phuket Office of the Irrigation Department, which operates the reservoir at Bang Wad, that it will not be able to provide the city with water after May 1 if the drought continues.

Phuket City Mayor Somjai Suwannasuppana told a press conference yesterday that dwindling supplies in the city’s eight supply sources – most of them abandoned tin mines under the control of private businesses – warranted an initial 10% reduction in pressure, effective immediately, in order to make supplies last.

The pressure decrease will last until May 1. If, by then, supplies have not been replenished by rainfall, then the Municipality will begin rationing water.

The rationing would involve pumping water at normal pressure rates from 5am-10am and 5pm-10pm daily, with flow reduced to a trickle outside these hours

Tyfon · #2 30-03-2005, 15:28

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Originally Posted by gregor200

The rationing would involve pumping water at normal pressure rates from 5am-10am and 5pm-10pm daily, with flow reduced to a trickle outside these hours

In other words, fill the bath with hot water before you go out on the pull...!

K.

dizbuster · #3 30-03-2005, 16:55

Looks like I will have to brush my teeth with Singha instead !!

stevem · #4 30-03-2005, 19:20

Water problems on the island are nothing new. The drop in tourist arrivals has at least allowed the water usage to be considerably lower than normal. We have a had a couple of good downpours recently, but lots of others are needed soon.

IRISH JONNY · #5 30-03-2005, 19:23

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Originally Posted by dizbusta

Looks like I will have to brush my teeth with Singha instead !!

WHAT WILL I WASH MY HAIR WITH....

IJ

Werwolf · #6 30-03-2005, 19:39

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Originally Posted by IRISH JONNY

WHAT WILL I WASH MY HAIR WITH....

IJ

.... you must cut your hair!!

...........our specialist is PDM3 - I think he is in LOS till 8th April - so order him quickly

tintin · #7 30-03-2005, 20:15

He canot cut what he doesn't have!

Werwolf · #8 30-03-2005, 21:17

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Originally Posted by tintin

He canot cut what he doesn't have!

Hi tintin
..are you sure????

... PDM3 his special field is not the hair cut for the head

butterflyblonde · #9 31-03-2005, 01:46

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Originally Posted by stevem

Water problems on the island are nothing new. The drop in tourist arrivals has at least allowed the water usage to be considerably lower than normal. We have a had a couple of good downpours recently, but lots of others are needed soon.

And it's Songkran soon, will all be wasted in a flash

stevem · #10 31-03-2005, 12:47

Exactly, that has always amazed me. Songkran falls right when water shortages start.