City Water

[mak]

Been informed that city water will be on and off for the month of July for maintenance in our area of town. We live in Mooban Sinchaithani, in the west side of town.

[choi choi]

Here too! Nong Sam Rong

[mak]

We were informed yesterday our water will be off today from 9 am to 10 pm.

[Khun Paul]

Judging by the colour of the City water being delievere34d to village not far from me, then I am not surprised. It is as if some enterprising work person has breached the pipe, and then patched it up badly so dirt and debris constantly flows into the water.

[parrot]

This may be related
https://www.homecable.co.th/home-news/news_58225/

[mak]

No city water today. Check your tanks.

[tamada]

Tanks empty on Mrs tam's big washing day.

I'm off to the pub!

[vincemunday]

Tanks empty on Mrs tam's big washing day.

I'm off to the pub!

Save water, drink beer?

[parrot]

From what I gather ?reading? the local news (from Texas), there's a major ongoing project in the Nongsamrong area that is affecting water throughout most of the city. The photo is a translated clip from the Water Works department in Udon. I couldn't find anything that indicates when the project will be completed. If I come across anything that provides more definitive info on dates, I'll post it here. Years ago, when Udon was building a major upgrade to the tap water system, the project lasted a few years......tap water one day, then none the next or the next few. When the water was off, then turned on again, the initial flow was often muddy from sediment in the lines. If the same thing is happening now, I'd suggest checking your water tanks, if you have them, to keep the sediment from building up too much.

[mak]

Tanks half full, 2000L left. water coming in a trickle. Expect the city water to be shut off at 0800.

[tamada]

I changed the inlet filter before I left yesterday and it was really dirty despite being routinely changed about 11 days ago (monthly schedule). Looks like there was a partial refill overnight. However, the resident idiot's "fix" while I was at t' pub was to bypass the filters... Doh!

My fix this morning was to cut the power plug off the bloody 24/7 washing machine. The other resident idiot's can now use the pay-machines at the neighbors place, just down the street.

I've turned off the free WiFi too so the lazy buggers can get out if bed and go do their laundry.

Now, off to church.

[Barney]

Correct info parrot.
We live adjacent to the Nong Samrong lake. Our soi goes into the lake boundary. It is actually named the “royal irrigation lake” as per the sign out the front and has been drained to no water on at least 50% of land area for about the last 6 weeks. Works to expand the lake have been in progress for at least 6 years. Big infrastructure improvements to the feed channels. They are finally being cleaned out and concreted. These are very large open channels. Both the incoming and outgoing channels being concreted. So most water is being diverted to not enter the lake.
The whole Nong Samrong district has in recent years had lots of new storm water drainage works undertaken, those who use the area will know of the huge disruption to road traffic in an around the area including around the army, golf course, with main and local roads being dug up for underground pipes, pits and valves . Still ongoing and I reckon another year or so for major works to be complete.
The local lads who have Kwai and cattle grazing on both sides and inside the drained are of the lake are being told to soon remove their animals from within all government boundaries. That’s means an attempt to provide a potable water supply for UT.
Even though we are in spitting distance our water does not come from there.


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[tamada]

Part of the national panic... sorry, government's realization that seasonal water shortages are expected to deepen nationwide before getting better naturally. Maybe they'll stop fascinating on simply stopping Bangkok floods, dismiss the Royal Irrigation Department and get professional and scientific advice? Then I woke up....

Reading with interest how Pattaya's age-old summer water crisis is more critical right now than it has ever been and this is despite the empty hotels, closed bars and restaurants as well as industrial estates generally being on reduced output.

[Doodoo]

I worked with a gentleman who lived in Bangkok some 30 years ago with his Father and Family. His Father he said was from Holland and a water Managment Specialist. He spent 5 years in Bangkok
I guess they didnt listen.

[Khun Paul]

Many years ago about 10 actually I was privy to a conversation including TWP udon Ciity officials who had gone on a 10 day 4 countreey tour in Europe to study water and waste control. The jolly was a hoot from what I could gather, paid holidays in Europe, . They found how to sustainably deal with waste and water.
On coming back they decided that it was too expensive to implement, so they ignored all the recommendations and carried on as before . Now we are back again to dealing with waste and having a sustained water supply. On the subject of water the collection of water from house roofs when it rains was considered too expensive . Amazingly houses are still built with out guttering and drainage of that water is STILL not collected just left to be soaked up. Thai builders not yet accepting that GUTTERING can help in collection , they still think that tanks will spoil the look of the new house , forgertting if they connected to the city water drainage the water will eventually go to storage lakes etc.

[tamada]

^ When it p!sses down at casa tam, our Yai is out there strategically positioning all the buckets she can find to catch as much rainwater as she can. Unfortunately, she had used all the water salvaged from the last deluge to wash veggies, fish, mushrooms and other stuff garnered from the land BEFORE the city-fed water tanks on our property ran out. the other day.

YMMV

[parrot]

Many years ago about 10 actually I was privy to a conversation including TWP udon Ciity officials who had gone on a 10 day 4 countreey tour in Europe to study water and waste control. The jolly was a hoot from what I could gather, paid holidays in Europe, . They found how to sustainably deal with waste and water.
On coming back they decided that it was too expensive to implement, so they ignored all the recommendations and carried on as before . Now we are back again to dealing with waste and having a sustained water supply. On the subject of water the collection of water from house roofs when it rains was considered too expensive . Amazingly houses are still built with out guttering and drainage of that water is STILL not collected just left to be soaked up. Thai builders not yet accepting that GUTTERING can help in collection , they still think that tanks will spoil the look of the new house , forgertting if they connected to the city water drainage the water will eventually go to storage lakes etc.

That makes sense when you take into account the costs burdened on a developed country as opposed to a developing country. Although I'm marooned out of the country since earlier this year, I've lived in Udon for 24 years. The amount of development/improvement over those years is incredible. Most positive, some negative.....but overall, there's reliable/stable power when you need it, reliable and relatively clean water when you need it, roads that are night and day better today than 20 years ago, city services like passports/licenses/land sales/ID cards, etc, that are efficient and modern. Internet speeds rival/surpass those in many big cities in the US. Following the major floods in Udon in ?2000/2001? the government put in major drainage projects around the ring road and through the city. Although Udon hasn't had the kind of rain (13" in 6 hours) that we had back then, the almost annual ritual of 2' deep water at Phosi/fountain circle hasn't happened since then. If you follow the Thai news, there have been major water projects ongoing in the Nongsamrong reservoir area and outside the Nongkai Hwy just north of Udon to reduce the effects of heavy rain (แก้มลิง). Any way you cut it, though, Thailand is a developing country, and Udon is at the very low end of that scale.

[tamada]

That makes sense when you take into account the costs burdened on a developed country as opposed to a developing country. Although I'm marooned out of the country since earlier this year, I've lived in Udon for 24 years. The amount of development/improvement over those years is incredible. Most positive, some negative.....but overall, there's reliable/stable power when you need it, reliable and relatively clean water when you need it, roads that are night and day better today than 20 years ago, city services like passports/licenses/land sales/ID cards, etc, that are efficient and modern. Internet speeds rival/surpass those in many big cities in the US. Following the major floods in Udon in ?2000/2001? the government put in major drainage projects around the ring road and through the city. Although Udon hasn't had the kind of rain (13" in 6 hours) that we had back then, the almost annual ritual of 2' deep water at Phosi/fountain circle hasn't happened since then. If you follow the Thai news, there have been major water projects ongoing in the Nongsamrong reservoir area and outside the Nongkai Hwy just north of Udon to reduce the effects of heavy rain (แก้มลิง). ...

I beg to differ on reliable stable power. The PEA's under-investment in local infrastructure is a perpetual joke.

The virtual non-existence of meaningful R & M from the PWA is second only to the PEA's miserable performance.

The highways are a mess of potholes and ridges with non-existent lane markers with gobs of tar patches (only 87 baht/bag). Bronze medal material.

... Any way you cut it, though, Thailand is a developing country, and Udon is at the very low end of that scale.

I agree 101%.

[vincemunday]

I've got no water in my apartments, is the water being turned on a couple of times a day or something?

[vincemunday]

Fa spoke to the water board, apparently there's a burst pipe in Chiam Phin and they're expecting problems for at least another day.