It’s that time of the year when salty tap water is a thing in Bangkok, and officials once again blame drought conditions.
Bangkok Gov. Aswin Kwanmuang announced today that residents, especially children, the elderly, the ill and small pets should avoid drinking water from the tap as a one-two punch of storm surge and drought have lowered water levels and increased salinity in the Chao Phraya River.
He insisted that the brackish water could still be used for other purposes or even consumed by healthy people (if they pinch their noses). His only suggestion? Ease off on the salt otherwise consumed, for “good health,” the sage governor advised.
Salt concentration in water for home use is not supposed to exceed 0.25 grams per liter. However, water across metro Bangkok has been peaking at 1.18 grams per liter, according to the metro utility’s real-time water…
