Local administration officials in Phuket and Krabi provinces are assuring people that they are trying to tackle the pollution problems in the sea at Ao Nang beach of Krabi and the sea at Tri Trang beach in Patong. Broken waste water treatment facilities are being blamed for the flow of untreated effluent from households and tourism-related establishments into the sea of both provinces which are popular destinations for both Thai and foreign tourists. Phuket Governor Norapat Plodthong visits the affected area along the southern end of Patong Beach yesterday Patong Mayor Chalermlak Kepsap, says that a new waste water treatment facility was under construction on the same location of the old one because the municipal could not find a new location for the facility.
Patong & Krabi wastewater ‘being tackled’
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