Elements announced yesterday in a meeting that even though the island’s rainfall was below average in 2021, there was nonetheless a lot of water from the three primary reservoirs, and water scarcity is “not a priority.” He stated plans nonetheless must be made to prevent water shortages in Phuket, although. Don’t worry 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. This included working on a pipeline from Phang Nga. That year, communities relied on water tanks put in of their avenue areas, and had to collect water from buckets to carry back to their homes. Prawit stated poor residents in one soi had no faucet water for months.
In 2019, the president of the Southern Thai Hotels Association mentioned resorts had been hit hard by the shortage, and many needed to resort to impartial water suppliers. He referred to as on the state to help in order that Phuket could have sustainable tourism. The city mayor mentioned the government had been providing free water to 18,000 households a day. 70% of the water was produced domestically, and the remainder was from local suppliers, she mentioned..