Water Savings

Post by **Norseman** » Fri Jan 13, 2006 11:21 am

I read an article yesterday of the freshwater situation in Thailand.
The article say that people in all parts of Thailand are suggested to spare water to be used in this year's drought.

Director General of the Department of Public Works and Town & Country Planning Thirawatra Kulavanich said this year's drought was expected to be more severe than last year.

Therefore, people in all parts of the country should spare water, from now on, to be well-prepared for any water crisis in the dry season this year, he suggested.

Do we take this seriously or do we have the point of view " I don't care because I have money enough to pay the bill, and my garden need that water"?

Post by **HansMartin** » Sat Jan 14, 2006 12:22 pm

So what do YOU pay for water? My guess is that this pretty minimal.

Even here in CA, we really don't pay much for water. It mostly goes to ag and industry--not municipal.

Force people to use low flush toilets and low flow showers and you are effective, but i use a lot less water in Thailand than in CA even with low flow stuff here.

Fundamentally it is all a matter of personal economics.

Post by **Norseman** » Sat Jan 14, 2006 12:46 pm

It's not a question of money. The water is cheap. My question is more socially orientated rather than a question of domestic economy.
I just want to hear what other people do and their opinion.
Above all, do we have a water shortage problem in our district?
Because of all the rain earlier this winter I don't understand that we have a problem.

Post by **jambo** » Sat Jan 14, 2006 1:30 pm

i think the artical is saying that a drought would be mor likely to be wurse this tear than last year and as i remember it was getting to a crisis point
this is why the king is taken on the responsability of the rain making pellets
which i assure you made a lot of rain in phumet much earlier than usual last year

Post by **Dougal** » Sun Jan 15, 2006 8:37 pm

The question of whether there will be a water shortage this year can probably be answered by driving up to the Pranburi reservoir and seeing how full it is is now. I assume that is where all of HH's water comes from.

Post by **JimmyGreaves** » Sun Jan 15, 2006 9:26 pm

Well I was speaking to a guy today who lives in Mountain village/villa in HH and he tells me he has had no water for a few days and now his backup is running out. Apparently there is a water problem in some of the housing projects here.

Anyone with any more information on this?

Post by **Norseman** » Sun Jan 15, 2006 10:10 pm

I've heard that the local authorities turn off the water by night due to a maintenance problem. Our water supply do come from the Pranburi reservoir , but when there is a water problem in that area, the water come from the reservoir close to the fly-over on Phetcacasem Rd. on your left hand side going south.

Post by **DawnHRD** » Sun Jan 15, 2006 10:45 pm

I used to live in Khao Takiab (farang area), but I've lived in Khao Pitak (Thai) for 1 year now. Every single night for that year, my water has been turned off at approx 9pm & turned on again about 5-6am next day. Obviously, some water saving scheme & you actually get used to it

But why is it in the more Thai areas?? Not exactly pc is it?
I'm not against saving water (ecologically sound!

)& I don't even care about the nightly "drought" now I'm used to it, but they still p$*s me off when they turn it off during the day without warning!

Having said that, I have some friends in Cha-am that have been without water for 3 weeks or more, they've had to bring it in themselves.

Post by **HansMartin** » Mon Jan 16, 2006 10:28 am

My guess is that there is not a drought. Droghts take seveal years to develop. i was in HH in Novemeber & there wasn't a lack of rain then .

My guess is that some of the local water supply systems are poorly engineered and inadequate to support the local demand.

By training I am a civil enginner with a good background in water systems, and one concern I have in buying in HH is the water supply. Given the marginal construcion practices in some developments, I would guess that the water supply systems are even more marginal.

There is a lot of sh*t construction in HH that is way overpriced. There is good stuff but it is hard to find, and I am not sure that the infrastructe is in place to support all the new development,

Post by **JimmyGreaves** » Fri Feb 17, 2006 5:34 am

You could be right as I have heard the same said many time by farang and thai!