I am just trying to clear up some of the urban myth bullshit about how Pattaya beach is loaded with raw sewage from places like The Hilton, The Marriot and Garden Cliff hotels.
Wouldn't you know it, one of the the biggest project ever planned in Pattaya city is the 1,800 million baht wastewater treatment plant. There are two wastewater treatment plants in Pattaya City.
What is a waste water treatment plant ? Sewage treatment, or domestic wastewater treatment, is the process of removing contaminants from wastewater and household sewage, both runoff (effluents) and domestic. It includes physical, chemical, and biological processes to remove physical, chemical and biological contaminants.
Here is a clip from a report on the Royal Cliff resort environmental policies.
Royal Cliff Beach Resort
Eight to ten years ago, Pattaya provided a perfect case study of the
environmental effects of mass tourism. The growing popularity of the beach
resort in the past few decades resulted in a dramatic surge of commercial
development, primarily businesses that were in some way related to tourism -
including hotels, restaurants, shopping plazas, tour companies offering overland
and water-based activities and not forgetting our own sector – meetings and
conventions. Without firm regulations in place, the simplest and quickest solution
often came at the expense of Pattaya's natural environment, including the
discharge of wastewater directly into the sea.
Ok, in the mid to late 90's, the beach got dirty. I will give the bashers that. Sure some of the old timer douche bag monger crowd that is getting priced out of Pattaya anyway, is still making noise about a problem that has since been dealt with.
In late 2000, Pattaya became the first and only resort in Asia to have a fully integrated water treatment system. The opening of the wastewater treatment
plant and its subsequent operations can be considered one of the most significant
developments to take place in the city’s history. None would argue that a beach
resort without clean seawater has little to offer the average holidaymaker. Now
that water quality has returned to normal, Pattaya can once again boast itself as
one of the top resort destinations not only in Thailand, but in Asia as well.
There you have it. First in Asia yet look at the rumors.
The rehabilitation of Pattaya has been an ongoing project dating back to 1997.
The board members of The Pattaya Chapter of the Thai Hotel Association (chaired
by the MD of the Royal Cliff Beach Resort) and Pattaya Business and Tourism
Association - the two most important tourism-related associations in Pattaya -
played an instrumental role in rallying the active support and participation of
private sector businesses. Private sector unity continues to be a fundamental
success factor in Pattaya's revival and renaissance.
A free market solution to the problem. The private sector realizes that it is in their interest to keep the beach clean. Sorry LoyToy but I think the city council has bigger players in this then you. Like muti national corporations.
The campaign has thus far resulted in the development and subsequent operation
of a large-scale wastewater treatment plant, the creation of natural parks, the
construction of boat piers, and the all-important regulation and enforcement of
environmental standards.
In addition, the Royal Cliff Beach Resort was the first individual business in
Pattaya to build its very own wastewater treatment facility to combat harmful
effects of water pollution. Other measures were also taken to make
environmental concerns a top priority amongst the employees at the resort,
paving the way for the resort to become the very first in Thailand to achieve the
ISO 14001 environmental certification
So this hotel has their water treated before it even hits the water treatment plant.
What a joke. The city and the hotels are going the extra mile spending money and enforcing standards, yet there is a group of people out there that spread bullshit rumors and crap that actually has a negative effect.
So there you have it, I don't care what anyone says. I know the old timers and the bashers are going to say that the treatment plant and the standards are all just conspiracy blah blah blah.
The beach is not dirty, it is safe to swim in and every rumor you here out there is bullshit.