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Water shortage hits Koh Lan

Pattaya City may revive plan to build treated water pipeline from mainland

Tourists disembark from a boat arriving from nearby Pattaya at a pier on Koh Lan. (File Photo)

CHON BURI: Koh Lan, the popular resort island resort off Pattaya, is being hit by water shortage due to a large number of daily visitors.

Manoj Nongyai, deputy mayor of Pattaya City, said that after more than two years with few or no tourists because of the Covid-19 pandemic, visitors have been gradually returning to Koh Lan since travel restrictions were scrapped.

He said the number of Thai and foreign tourists visiting island is now about 10,000 per day. The island is supplied with about 300 cubic metres of treated water per day by…

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