Thread: Thailand : Sea of sewage strips beaches of five-star rating

ENVIRONMENT

Sea of sewage strips Thai beaches of five-star rating
2/08/2010

Only six beaches nationwide have earned a five-star rating on the Pollution Control Department's latest beach quality index.


KohRok Beach,Krabi, isone of the six beaches that earneda five-star rating from the Pollution Control Department’s StarBeach campaign.

The PCD's survey of 233 beaches in 18 provinces, carried out last year, found many beaches have been damaged by pollution and other human activity.

The survey results, released last week, are part of a Chai Had Tid Dow (Star Beach) campaign which aims to promote environmental protection at beaches.

The survey gave five stars to only six beaches, four stars to 56 beaches, three stars to 142 beaches, and two stars to 29 beaches.

The six "premium" beaches are Bi Leh, Koh Rok, Samsao and Ao Kha beaches in Krabi, Lidi beach in Satun, and Tai Muang beach in Phangnga, said Worasart Apaipong, PCD's deputy chief.

The beach quality rating is based on four major indicators: environmental protection, pollution management, natural resources preservation and tourism management.

Mr Worasart said he was worried about the poor quality of beaches and the toll exacted on them by destructive activities.

"Waste water discharges are the main threat to beaches," he said.

"In many places, untreated waste water has been released into the sea, leading to poor quality sea water."

It is also worrying that many beaches have been downgraded from past surveys. The campaign was launched in 2002.

Many famous beaches in Trat, Phuket, Rayong and Chon Buri have been demoted from four stars to three stars because of poor management of tourism and the environment, and degradation of natural resources.
Beaches on Phuket gave cause for most concern, he said.

The department assessed 14 beaches on Phuket and awarded three stars to 13 of them. The other received two stars.

Phuket's Patong and Rawai beaches were found to have an excessive amount of coliform bacteria in the sea water.

Nai Han beach is flooded with garbage with an average of 2.23 kilogrammes of garbage for each 100 square metres. At Mai Khao beach, a famous sea turtle hatching ground, the garbage problem is little better - 1.7 kilogrammes per square metre.

Mr Worasart said officials will focus on improving the environmental condition of low-rating beaches so they score better in the next survey.

"The local community is the key to fixing beaches. We are devising incentives for coastal communities to work harder in protecting beaches," he said.

bangkokpost.com

^ Nothing do with me, honest

fuck the environmentalists, I dont believe a word they say.

Pollution, global warming blah blah blah, its all the same BS

^

blind

Originally Posted by sabang

Pattaya is a fair sized city with the water supply, drainage and sewerage infrastructure of a village. The amount of shit that pours from that place into the once clear waters of the Gulf of Siam is awesome.

Not to mention used condoms and ST's, and people swim in it!

Can beaches still be awarded 5-star ratings when they are populated by stray and sometimes dangerous dogs?

Bizarre.

A weekend in Chantanaburi and Rayong..........

Damn those tourist bring their used tyres with them from Europe and chucking them on Thai beaches.

Probably the Swedes....

Should've sent some Red shirts down there.

Caught this in PG , remarkable in any other country, In Thailand, par for the course...

Phuket NEWS Hound: Phuket to stay green up top

Sunday, August 1, 2010

Phuket to stay green up top

Phuket NEWS Hound
– A daily digest of news from around the world compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket's international community.

PHUKET: Phuket’s Natural Resources and Environment department head Ong-art Chanachanmongkol has announced that the 80-metre height limit on new construction will remain in place, according to Property Report magazine.

Some had speculated that the limit might be dropped on September 30 after a review that occurs every two years.

Increased regulations will also take effect September 30, requiring consultants to register and pass a test before they can perform environmental impact evaluations.

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So prior assessments were done by consultants with no regulation ?

Originally Posted by socal

fuck the environmentalists, I dont believe a word they say.

Pollution, global warming blah blah blah, its all the same BS

My god, you really are incredibly stupid.

Originally Posted by sabang

in Bangkok have long operated on the basis of pretending Pattaya doesn't exist

The gulf is the Bangkok's septic tank. Rarely does one contemplate the final destination of a large turd when they flush their toilet.

If there is ever an Olympic Event for Littering, Thais are a shoo-in for the Gold.

Agree with the sentiments about Pattaya.

Originally Posted by StrontiumDog

Originally Posted by socal

fuck the environmentalists, I dont believe a word they say.

Pollution, global warming blah blah blah, its all the same BS

My god, you really are incredibly stupid.

Are you aware that the ocean has natural ways of cleaning and replenishing itself ?

Originally Posted by socal

Are you aware that the ocean has natural ways of cleaning and replenishing itself ?

ain't working

https://teakdoor.com/t76356/

Originally Posted by StrontiumDog

My god, you really are incredibly stupid.

agree socal is dumb as fook...Icould understand if it was sarcasm, but he seemedincere....

Originally Posted by socal

Are you aware that the ocean has natural ways of cleaning and replenishing itself ?

Oh my god he was....dude are you fuc*ing nuts or what...
Yes the oceans can replenish themselves....just without us....they would definately stand a chance....

Originally Posted by socal

Are you aware that the ocean has natural ways of cleaning and replenishing itself ?

BP will lurve you

We were at Laem Sing, beach south of Chanthaburi, in May school hols.
The beach was un-swimmable. Filthy brown water and high tide mark was 'marked' by a nice line of plastic rubbish, dead fish, general waste.
We moved on, 20km north at Chao Lao (sp) water was fine, all the crap at LS must come down the river - everybody's dumping ground.

Originally Posted by Mid

Originally Posted by socal

Are you aware that the ocean has natural ways of cleaning and replenishing itself ?

ain't working

https://teakdoor.com/t76356/

Notice how that BP oil slick is dissipating even though only 2% of the oil has been skimmed off by people ?

The ocean is a very efficient and complex system, you don't give mother nature enough credit.

oil, turds and vegetation will be broken down , but tyres, most heavy metal chemical waste and plastic remain for many years, eventually breaking down into toxic shite which ends up in the food chain.

there is an area out in the pacific somewhere, about the size of texas, a huge vortex of pollution

Great Pacific Garbage Patch - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


and there is another one in the atlantic, google it.

Originally Posted by socal
Are you aware that the ocean has natural ways of cleaning and replenishing itself ?

care to elaborate.

Originally Posted by taxexile

oil, turds and vegetation will be broken down , but tyres, most heavy metal chemical waste and plastic remain for many years, eventually breaking down into toxic shite which ends up in the food chain.

there is an area out in the pacific somewhere, about the size of texas, a huge vortex of pollution

Great Pacific Garbage Patch - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


and there is another one in the atlantic, google it.

Originally Posted by socal
Are you aware that the ocean has natural ways of cleaning and replenishing itself ?

care to elaborate.

Just like your automobile, these marine-dwelling bacteria and fungi use the hydrocarbons as fuel—and emit the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide (CO2) as a result. In essence, the microbes break down the ring structures of the hydrocarbons in seaborne oil using enzymes and oxygen in the seawater. The end result is ancient oil turned into modern-day bacterial biomass—populations can grow exponentially in days. "Down in the Gulf of Mexico there is an indigenous population [of microbes] adapted to oil from so much marine traffic and daily spills. Oil is not new," says Lee, who has also been monitoring the plumes of oil beneath the surface. "There are so many natural seeps around the world that if it wasn't for microbes we would have a lot of oil in the oceans."

...... and the plastics?

in my experience Thai beaches are 1 star. Shianokville Cambodia beach was better than any beach in Thailand

philippines also better for beaches

Originally Posted by socal

Just like your automobile, these marine-dwelling bacteria and fungi use the hydrocarbons as fuel—and emit the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide (CO2) as a result. In essence, the microbes break down the ring structures of the hydrocarbons in seaborne oil using enzymes and oxygen in the seawater. The end result is ancient oil turned into modern-day bacterial biomass—populations can grow exponentially in days. "Down in the Gulf of Mexico there is an indigenous population [of microbes] adapted to oil from so much marine traffic and daily spills. Oil is not new," says Lee, who has also been monitoring the plumes of oil beneath the surface. "There are so many natural seeps around the world that if it wasn't for microbes we would have a lot of oil in the oceans."

So there is an indigenous life form developing and evolving in Mexico and the only bad thing stated {in your cut and paste]} is that it outputs CO2. And how is this going to make Thailand's beaches cleaner? Surely its easier to get people to stop dumping trash in the first place (OK, I may have shot myself in the foot with that last sentence )