Thread: PCD detects 412 pollution sources along Saen Saep canal over past 2 years

BANGKOK, 16th May 2018 (NNT) – The Pollution Control Department (PCD) has detected 412 pollution sources along Saen Saep canal in Bangkok, which do not meet the standard value.

PCD Director-General Sunee Piyaphanphong said her department inspected 631 public and private buildings along Saen Saep canal during 2016-2017 and found out that 412 of them, or 66 percent, did not meet the standard value.

She has instructed the pollution sources to improve the wastewater treatment system and impose a daily maximum fine of 2,000 baht on those that do not comply with the construction.

She has called on all parties including entrepreneurs and general public to help maintain and restore water quality in Saen Saep canal.


National News Bureau Of Thailand | PCD detects 412 pollution sources along Saen Saep canal over past 2 years

Standard value?

This canal has been filthy and black for years, have they only just noticed

Remember the Thai pop star who crashed into a klong? The worms in his brain survived industrial-strength antibiotics. Poor bastard had no chance

Originally Posted by misskit

her department inspected 631 public and private buildings

The % of government owned and rented building were what?

Originally Posted by DJ Pat

Remember the Thai pop star who crashed into a klong? The worms in his brain survived industrial-strength antibiotics. Poor bastard had no chance

not a klong but a drainage ditch... Plus the mercury in the battery of his car. Big of B2B

Only 412 sources? What happened to the 1000+++ sources?