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‘CLEAN UP THE FILTH’ Gov asks for end to ‘black’ wastewater being dumped by businesses in Bangtao
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overnor Maitri Inthusut has called on the island’s hotel industry to make greater efforts to safeguard the environment from their own waste. Speaking on Monday (April 14) with members of the powerful Thai Hotels Association – Southern Chapter
and the Patong Hotels Association, Gov Maitri told them he wanted them to pay close attention to the effect they have on the environment. He mentioned specifically the problems with wastewater ending up as “black water” in canals in Karon and Bangtao, both of which flow across the beach and into the sea. Boatmen in Bangtao last Friday (April 11) complained that anyone stepping into the black water there
gets rashes and skin infections. He urged the two organisations to ensure members have wastewater treatment systems and to make sure they work properly. The Governor’s plea to the hoteliers came after the new complaint about filthy water pouring from the klong at the southern end of Bangtao Bay. Local boatmen called journalists for help after many of them developed health problems they blamed on the
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black, stinking water flowing across the beach. Tourists are avoiding the south end of Bangtao Beach because of the stench after recent rain once again turned the klong into an open sewer pouring black water across the beach and into the sea. The problem is worse than the one that has attracted attention recently in Karon, where black water has also been spilling into the sea from a klong.
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