Deputy Permanent
Secretary Sutham Phetket leads discussions on a possible water pipeline
to Koh Larn.
Sunturak Sangdokmai
City and Provincial Waterworks Authority officials
are considering a plan to pipe water from Pattaya to Koh Larn.
At a July 16 planning meeting, city hall and PWA
representatives discussed colla- boration to build a pipeline from the
mainland to service the island’s 2 million annual visitors, hotels and
residents.
Deputy Permanent Secretary Sutham Phetket led the
session with city architects and engineers from the city and utility
company. They discussed designs and studies to resolve water-scarcity
problems on the island.
Initial estimates set the cost at 20 million baht for
the pipeline and water stations on each shoreline. Officials will
continue to study environmental impacts over the next 90 days.
