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issue 3 68 4th March 2016
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reservoir hogs? water management causes anger; prompts mayoral proposals
hua hin, THAILAND An announcement by Hua Hin’s Mayor, Mr. Nopporn Wutthikul, in the last week over plans to try and improve water supplies to drought hit areas of the town coincided with an angry protest by residents living near the luxury MahaSamutr residential project over the apparent preferential treatment they were receiving. The Mayor announced a proposal to the Hua Hin Municipal Council of a 25-million Baht program to solve water shortages in the summer months. The proposal includes increasing water production to 300 cubic metres per hour at Khao Lang Water Plant in Hua Na, for residents of Hua Na, NongKae and Saphan Khee Lek to have sufficient water, and the construction of a water production plant in Bo Khaem, ChaAm to produce 500 cubic metres of water per hour, serving residents in Bor Fai, Samor Phrong and on the eastern side of Phetchakasem Road. His proposals have been approved, although no dates have been announced for when the work will be finished. In the meantime, the residents near MahaSamutr filed a complaint with the police over its possible misuse of water - the development contains a 72,000 sqm lagoon, while the tap water service was disrupted in many households last week. However a spokesman for the Pranburi Provincial Waterworks Authority who supply that area, said that the lagoon and the distribution problems were unrelated; “It was because our pipes were broken,” said Puttipat Teeravetvikul from the authority. “There was a problem, but it was not related to the project.” He added that MahaSamutr only required a large amount of water to fill its lagoon once. After that, they agreed to allot 60sqm daily to replace evaporation for about 200,000 baht each month. Mr Puttipat also assured residents that there would be enough water to cope with the dry season this year, although he conceded that next year may be a problem if there is not enough rainfall.
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