Phuket’s vice governor announced yesterday in a meeting that despite the actual fact that the island’s rainfall was under common in 2021, there was nonetheless lots of water from the three primary reservoirs, and water shortage is “not a concern.” Instantly mentioned plans still have to be made to stop water shortages in Phuket, though. Phuket had extreme 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 engaged on a pipeline from Phang Nga. That yr, communities relied on water tanks installed in their avenue areas, and needed to gather water from buckets to hold again to their homes. Prawit stated poor residents in a single soi had no tap water for months.
In 2019, the president of the Southern Thai Hotels Association mentioned resorts had been hit onerous by the scarcity, and plenty of needed to resort to impartial water suppliers. He referred to as on the state to help in order that Phuket might 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 rest was from local suppliers, she mentioned..