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The Wastewater Management Authority has been ordered to tackle pollution threatening a Songkhla beauty spot. 

The Krabi Provincial Industry Office has ordered a palm-oil factory in Krabi’s Khlong Tom district to repair its wastewater treatment system within seven days after polluted water from the plant leaked into a local canal, Palm Pan Lan Co’s factory manager Sopmsak Napradit said on Wednesday.

A video clip of untreated water flowing onto Kalim Beach in Phuket on Sunday afternoon has caught the attention of Patong police.

THE PATTAYA Municipality chief has instructed Na Jom Thian municipality to divert its wastewater to the Pattaya central wastewater treatment pond as part of urgent measures to halt wastewater discharge into the sea.

Water flowing in Phuket’s Bang Tao Canal is now cleaner thanks to some urgent ‘band aids’ put on the problem on Monday morning, while business operators are set to be checked in a bid to find the source of untreated wastewater.

The governor of Phuket on Sunday ordered a quick solution to the problem of wastewater flowing into Bang Tao Beach after the issue went viral on social media.

A majority of residents in 21 Bangkok districts agree with a Bangkok Metropolitan Administration plan to collect a wastewater treatment fee based on the volume of tap water used, according to a survey.

The Krabi provincial government appears to be attempting a “band-aid” solution to stop wastewater from running freely onto one of the most popular beaches in the region.

The authorities have taken action against two restaurants in the popular tourist destination of Krabi for releasing wastewater into a canal that drains into the sea.

Local residents near the Bang Tao Canal in Cherng Talay are pleading for help to resolve ongoing bad smells and wastewater flowing down the waterway.

Residents near Mudong canal in Wichit, Phuket, are calling for officials to stop wastewater flowing into the canal and out to sea. Dead animals have been found floating on the canal.

Soldiers, police and municipal officials were scouring a Koh Samui beach on Wednesday morning after a Facebook user posted a video of brackish wastewater running into the sea.