(L to R) PBTA president
Sinchai Wattanasartsathorn, Deputy Mayor Verawat Khakhay, PBTA advisor
Sa-nga Kitsamret, and Deputy Mayor Ronakit Ekasingh lead the PBTA
monthly meeting where they once again urged members to promote water
conservation as a key city reservoir dries up.
Jetsada Homklin
The Pattaya Business & Tourism Association urged members to
promote water conservation as a key city reservoir dries up.
President Sinchai Wattanasartsathorn noted that the Mabprachan Reservoir
was running dangerously low due to a dryer than normal rainy season.
While Pattaya gets water from numerous sources, the lake is a key source
of hard water for East Pattaya and the drought is putting pressure on
the Provincial Waterworks Authority to continue to supply all the water
the city needs.
PBTA advisor Sa-nga Kitsamret said Pattaya uses about 220,000 cu. meters
of water a day on weekends and holidays, putting a strain on the entire
system.
Should the rest of the rainy season not get significantly wetter, he
said the PWA will take water from the Mappraporn Reservoir in Rayong and
Marpwaisom canal in Banglamung to supplement the supply from Mabprachan.
