Phuket Town Mayor urges residents to conserve water
PHUKET TOWN MAYOR SAROJ Angkanapilas has assured that Phuket City Municipality has enough water supply to see residents through the rest of the dry season, but has urged residents to conserve water use where they can.
Mayor Saroj said that Phuket Municipality is making preparations incase the lack of rain continues, but noted that the municipality’s water reserves currently stood at 80% full.
“It is expected that this should be sufficient to produce tap water and serve the Phuket Municipality area,” he said.
“On average, the municipality’s tap production capacity is 31,000 cubic metres per day, but for the sake of caution Phuket City Municipality is undertaking a threepronged strategy to help avoid any water shortages,” he added.
First and foremost was a public awareness campaign for people in the municipal area to use water economically, Mayor Saroj said.
“If you find a broken pipe, a leaking pipe, or a pipe seeping water, please report it immediately so we can hurry to repair it to reduce unnecessary waste of tap water,” he said.
The second approach was to manage water adequately to meet demand, Mayor Saroj added.
“If the amount of raw water is not enough, it will be necessary to reduce water production capacity. We must be ready to reduce pressure in the water distribution system. In some areas the water supply may be weak at certain times,” he warned.
The third strategy was to prepare manpower and water trucks to distribute water to people in areas suffering from water shortages, Mayor Saroj noted.
“Two water distribution points have been set up: one at the Office of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation 1 branch on Kra Rd, and the other at the Office of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation 2 branch in Soi Phaniang,” he said.
“Regardless, we ask for cooperation from the public to help use water economically. Use every drop of water wisely, and if you see a water leak or broken pipe please notify the Phuket City Municipality Waterworks Division by calling 076-211130. The line is open 24 hours a day,” Mayor Saroj said.
People suffering water outages in the Phuket City Municipality area were urged to call the municipality’s Emergency Operations Center by calling 199 or 1132, or 076-21111. The Phuket News