News Forum - Phuket looks for new groundwater sources to cope with acute water shortages

[Thaiger]

The Department of Groundwater Resources started a project to explore new groundwater sources in Phuket to cope with the ongoing water scarcity problem in the province. The project is also expected to be a model for other Thai islands to study groundwater resources and water management. The Minister of Natural Resources and Environment, Varawut Silpa-Archa, assigned the Groundwater Resources Department to develop a project to solve the water shortage in Phuket last year. Yesterday, the Director-General of the Groundwater Resources Department, Sakda Vicheansil, visited the province to follow up on the groundwater discovery project with Phuket Governor Narong Woonsew. Sakda […]

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[TWS60]

Anyone living down there know if there's a potable water pipe laid across the bridge linking Phuket to the mainland?  Haven't been to Phuket since mid-1990s.  Thanks.

[Fanta]

Just tell the sheeples that the black water is full of vitamins and minerals - problem solved. Bonus - a new export opportunity that will bring in billions has been created and, of course, the TAT’s promotion of this amazing new product that tourists will flock to see is worth many billions more. So many wins…