Phuket’s vice governor introduced yesterday in a meeting that despite the very fact that the island’s rainfall was beneath common in 2021, there was nonetheless plenty of water from the three major reservoirs, and water scarcity is “not a priority.” He mentioned plans nonetheless need to be made to forestall water shortages in Phuket, though. Phuket had severe water shortages in 2019 and 2020.
Deputy PM Prawit travelled to Phuket in 2020, and ordered the Office of National Water Resources (ONWR) to work on fixing the scarcity. Efficient included engaged on a pipeline from Phang Nga. That year, communities relied on water tanks installed of their avenue areas, and had to acquire water from buckets to carry back to their houses. Prawit stated poor residents in a single soi had no faucet water for months.
In 2019, the president of the Southern Thai Hotels Association said resorts had been hit onerous by the shortage, and lots of had to resort to impartial water suppliers. He referred to as on the state to help in order that Phuket may have sustainable tourism. The city mayor said the government had been providing free water to 18,000 households a day. 70% of the water was produced locally, and the remaining was from local suppliers, she mentioned..