The government is considering the construction of three new water reservoirs in Chanthaburi so that water can be supplied to Pattaya and the East Coast in the future. A whole distance to be bridged! This should solve the problem of drought.
Pattaya Mayor Sonthaya Kunplome said June 10 that consultations had been held with the Provincial Water Authority and Royal Irrigation Department on the proposal of the systems needed to collect the rainwater.
Pattaya has been in the throes of declining water in its reservoirs for several years, but is now facing its worst drought in years. The five reservoirs do not provide enough clean water to the city, even after a recent tropical storm sent nearly 1,9 billion cubic meters of water to the Mabprachan, Huay Chankok, Nong Klangdong, Huay Sapan and Huay Khunjit reservoirs, this remained well below standards.
Currently, PWA water rationing is in effect for most users of Pattaya. People are provided with tap water on an odd-even day supply!
Although the increasing drought has been predicted for years, no actual action has been taken. If this proposal is approved, considerable time will pass by the construction and supply of water via one of the reservoirs to those affected.
A few other major interventions and obstacles in Pattaya are the perpetual repairs in Naklua Road where no completion date could be reported.
From June 9, the last part of the Pattaya Thai (South) to the coast will be taken care of, so that only half of the road can be used. The sidewalks on the side of Friendship and the new "massage" hotel for Chinese people, which is still closed, are already being renovated. There was even talk of a temporary one-way street, but it was recommended to avoid the entire area. The well-known Walking Street will also be closed for several months for renovation work, which means that the street will have to be partially opened up.
If the construction drawings are executed as I have seen them, it will be a surprise or swallow for many! Tastes differ, but the old: “Das war einmal!”
Source: Pattaya Mail ea
Does it make a difference whether 5 reservoirs are dry now or in the future 8 reservoirs that are dry.
Isn't it better to think about how the existing 5 can be filled and also remain filled.
You can store more water in 8 reservoirs than in 5 reservoirs.
Given that I have regularly read about flooding in Pattaya, I assume that there is enough rain in Pattaya to fill those reservoirs, possibly using pumping stations to pump the water from a place at the bottom of a mountain to the reservoirs if necessary, so that the rainwater does not flow directly into the sea.
I don't think there's anything wrong with the idea of extra water collection.
I wish they excavated those in Isan too.
Preferably near where I live.
Or whether there are 5, 8 or 20… empty is empty. First fill what is empty and if you still have too little, you can think about extra care.
If 5 hotels are empty, it does not help to build 3 more to solve that.
Normally not Ronny, but when I see how many apartment and shop buildings are empty, especially those with three floors in my area.
But still people just keep building against will and knowing better.
Thai logic I guess.
Jan Beute.
And yet it does indeed happen and therefore also the comparison with hotels. The only thing you achieve is that there are now more empty beds.
If 5 reservoirs are not enough to have enough water all year round, it is useful to have more storage.
If you have a bottle of water you can get through the day, if you have a bucket of water the week.
I do assume that those reservoirs are filled by rainwater, with or without the help of a pump.
But maybe my logic is going wrong there?
But those 5 reservoirs are mainly empty, because water is extracted from them.
If you increase the storage, the rain will also add water to the new reservoirs and you will therefore have a larger supply of water at your disposal.
There's no point replacing a bottle with a bucket if you can't even get the bottle filled.
Extra reservoirs are really the solution, if there is enough rainwater every year.
And groundwater?
Isn't that there?
Voila there you say it. If there is enough rainwater and apparently there is not enough to absorb all the water consumption. So you will have to think of additional ways
I've been saying that from the start. "Isn't it better to think about how the existing 5 can be filled and also remain filled?"
You fill a reservoir from above and/or from below.
Only rain that falls into the reservoir will barely fill it. There is roughly only about 7 months of rainfall and in some of those months it is only a few days a month. Insufficient because it evaporates or is drained and so you will have to look at additional ways to fill those reservoirs.
– This is possible with groundwater. At least if there is enough available, because little groundwater is usually also a sign that there is too little rain, or the rain has not had time to soak into the ground. But maybe just look deeper.
– Supplying water, as is done at most reservoirs, by allowing a river to flow into it. That river was usually already there before the reservoir and was later only dammed to create a reservoir. But I think that water from a river/lake will have to come from far away in Pattaya. But I think it should ultimately be possible to solve this problem by a pipe system, even over great distances.
– Ensure that the “lost water” flows to the reservoirs instead of to the sea. Lost water is caused by floods, among other things. Besides, floods are not proof that there is enough rainwater. It is just proof that when it rains heavily there is insufficient drainage capacity for that water. Then ensure an improved and targeted drainage to the reservoirs.
But "lost water" is also water that has already been used by Pattaya and instead of being drained to the sea, goes back to the reservoirs.
Of course that is all polluted water and the necessary purification stations must be built or those that exist must be used and that also costs money.
– Desalination plants can also be built. Maybe even require big hotels to make their own fresh water. There were 160 of us on the ship and we had sufficient freshwater capacity through desalination to provide everyone with enough fresh water every day. Should also be possible for the larger hotels.
There will still be possibilities that can ensure that the existing reservoirs are and remain filled
If there is insufficient storage capacity to absorb the consumption, one can of course dig additional reservoirs. Should even because it would be great that you now have enough water but insufficient storage capacity.
But of course that all costs money.
Of course you can also skip everything, don't think about it and just dig a well or 3. It is easier, cheaper and there may still be some money to be made from the removed soil.
Whether this solves your water problem is another question.
You have to leave groundwater in the ground, otherwise the country will become a desert.
Trees, plants and animals also like to drink water.
Unfortunately, in practice it will be different.
Pump until all life is gone.
Let them ask Holland for advice, they know what to do about that problem because the Netherlands is world wide known for its knowledge of water
I can not remember that 7 billion m1,9 of water fell in the last 3 months .
Not even 1,9 million m3
Ben