Officials inspect the
area of Wong Amat Beach where heavy rain interrupted construction of new
waste water pipes, causing sewage to empty into the sea.
Surasak Huasoon
Pattaya sanitation workers responded to Wong Amat Beach after
recent heavy rains flooded the beachfront with raw sewage.
Deputy Mayor Verawat Khakhay led Sanitation Department staffers to Wong
Amat behind the North Point condominium Oct. 21 after complaints about
the release of smelly wastewater there.
In the area, a contractor has been laying large underground tunnels and
manholes for the sewage system that runs along Wong Amat Beach. The
project is nearly finished. The remaining work is to connect all tunnels
to the manholes to prevent wastewater from flowing into the sea.
Verawat said contractor Samprasit Co. reported that a massive amount of
rainwater has caused the sewage in the tunnels and manholes to overflow
onto the beach, which made it look like the workers were releasing
wastewater on purpose. They also said that the construction has been
very slow during the rainy season.
Officials told the workers to solve the problem as soon as possible. The
problem was revealed, that all sewage tunnels coming out from the condos
in the area are supposed to be connected to the manholes, but two
weren’t.
The contractors are working hard, trying to complete the construction
before November and high season.
After completing the construction, the contractors said that the sewage
system would be able to handle the flow from condos and other business
venues in the area and release it into the pumping area near Wat Nong
Yai and prevent it from overflowing into the sea.
