A Rot Fai community resident turns on a tap to fill a bottle with water at the Metropolitan Waterworks Authority headquarters in Bangkok. The government has been urged to tackle a saltwater intrusion problem after the amount of sodium in tap water exceeded safe levels. Pattarapong Chatpattarasill
Thailand is urgently tackling a saltwater intrusion problem after the amount of sodium in tap water exceeded the standard level.
The president of a subcommittee in charge of managing the Chao Phraya, Ping, Wang, Yom and Nan water basins, Weerakorn Khamprakob, said sodium in tap water was on Jan 30 measured at 2.2 grammes/litre which was deemed too much for consumption.
The water is deemed brackish if the proportion of salt is higher than 0.5 grammes/litre. The water is deemed saline water if salt in it exceeded…
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