Bottled drinking water

[ozibill 546]

I think I read somewhere that Tesco's principal distribution depot is inundated with flood water - that might explain their shortage problem

[joekicker 53]

I think I read somewhere that Tesco's principal distribution depot is inundated with flood water - that might explain their shortage problem

 

Flooded? Really? How the heck did that happen and why didn't anyone tell me about it?

 

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[Idefix 2,275]

I think I read somewhere that Tesco's principal distribution depot is inundated with flood water

- that might explain their shortage problem

Hi. I just saw a reportage about Tesco on a Thai TV.

They clearly talked about closing (some?) shops but don't have details yet...

They show images of big empty warehouse ...

[doolish 14]

Hi,

Quote from Lovedog. "few hotels will have a way to boil water." Don't know what hotels you stay in. I only stay in the cheap ones and every one i have been in, in LOS, has a water heater, or kettle, as i call them, in every room. Also a kitchen where you can get them to boil water, if you ask them. Just in case the kettle in your room breaks down. Also most of the bars, which i have visited, have a water heater in them. So what is the problem in getting boiled water, in Patts.

If you drink, coffee, tea, soup etc. you will find these things are not made with bottled water, in most places. Along with the ice, that a lot of people use. I always boil some water in my room, and when it is cool, fill the ice trays up. I like a small cube of ice in my single malt.

Cheers Doug.

[Grimm 29]

Tesco did say they were going to close all stores nationally for the forseeable future while suppliers were unable to provide supplies. 7-11 is going to close 66 stores in Bangkok due to a lack of supplies. True coffee is unable to stock sandwiches and cakes cause their plant is underwater. Many of the major drinking water suppliers have plants located in flooded factory zones. In Bangkok the flood water is expected to get into the city's reservoirs. If I wasn't living here, I would avoid coming for a few weeks. While I don't think it is all 'DOOM' I do believe it will be quite a bit of 'GLOOM' for at least another week. Finally dawning on people that flooding affects more than just people in their homes. Just waiting for the power to go out, but at least I've got two tubs filled with water. The silver lining....the government has declared this a 5 day holiday.

[CColumbus 0]

And how many hotel rooms provide stoves or osmosis machines?

 

There are a few hotels with in room "stove" usually the type with two electric hotplates at the side of the sink . Jasmine hotel on walking street (soi BJ) for an example.I would just buy a kettle if stove not available. You can find osmosis machines spread out all over Pattaya usually near or within condo complex like "lobby/reception" area of view talay 1 You can find one of those reverse osmosis machines here http://www.pattayaphotoguide.com/?vstRUTqpkcBD7CAA link

Edited October 25, 2011 by CColumbus

[toss3r 7]

just found this on bloomberg.com

 

Oct. 24 (Bloomberg) -- Thailand will propose cutting import taxes on bottled water and food such as eggs, milk formula and pork after flooding led to shortages, said Vachari Vimooktayon, director-general of the Internal Trade Department.

 

“Flooding has hindered logistics and many distribution centers are swamped,” Vachari said after meeting representatives of retailers such as Tesco Lotus and Big C. “We plan to allow those retailers to import those scarce products from Malaysia and Singapore.”

 

Deputy Prime Minister Kittiratt Na-Ranong planned to ask carbonated beverage makers to shift production of soft drinks to drinking water to alleviate shortages

[DjMiami 18]

This is exactly why you shouldnt pee in the pool. All the swimming pools with clorinated water. Yummy.

[Ergodyne 19]

Many places seem to be selling out of bread too.

[Gabor 296]

Problems with the water not only bacterial, you can avoid with boiling the water. There may be many dirt in the water like heavy metals, iron, chemicals like the chlorin itself etc. For example ... I have fishes on my balcony and I must hold at least one day the tapwater in opened bottles before to fill the vase... otherways the fishes dies...

[darkmancomes 75]

Perhaps the airlines should consider bringing in extra water and distributing it by the case to passengers getting off a Bkk ? Just a thought although due to be there on 2nd its not bothering me too much!

[joekicker 53]

Tesco did say they were going to close all stores nationally for the forseeable future while suppliers were unable to provide supplies.

 

Don't think so. They've closed flooded stores only, so far as I've seen - about 80 out of 800 according to the company.

 

Perhaps the airlines should consider bringing in extra water and distributing it by the case to passengers getting off a Bkk ? Just a thought although due to be there on 2nd its not bothering me too much!

 

Sure. Hundreds of cases of bottled water wouldn't be a problem for the airplane. (Round number: One cubic metre of water is one tonne.)

 

I think it bears repeating that if you cannot live without bottled water, do NOT come to Thailand now or before at least Christmas. Stay home, go somewhere else, but do NOT come to Thailand. You WILL die, horribly, of thirst.

 

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Edited October 25, 2011 by joekicker

[darkmancomes 75]

You have just ruled yourself out of a job with the Thai tourist board Joe ! anyway it was just a suggestion I am fully awar that water weighs 10lb per gallon imperial that is an does fluctuate with temperature in density! I am quite sure I will survive on other liquids and without your advice as to wether or not I should visit Thailand regardless of the situation.

Edited October 25, 2011 by darkmancomes

[joekicker 53]

I am quite sure I will survive on other liquids and without your advice as to wether or not I should visit Thailand regardless of the situation.

 

Perfect. Just remember, no whingeing allowed then, you've made your choice.

 

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[kaiser71 30]

Didn't you British give your sailors beer and grog when fresh water was unavailable?

[Usexpat 1]

I went to 7-11 , 2 of them on Pattaya Tai near second road and Family Mart, If they still have ANY bottled water(small only) they are limiting the amount you can buy. I found out that the local bottling plants have shut down because, all of the plastic bottle manufacturing plants in Thailand are in and have been flooded....So there are no new clean bottles to fill.

 

7-11's distribution center is in the flooded areas and cannot resupply thier stores... The two I went into was out of just about everything except for the crap that most people never buy.

 

If the flooding last for a month as The Thai government is expecting ....They will need to redirect all of those condoms that they sent to the flood victims up north as they will most definately be needed here soon..

[Obsession 571]

Don't know what hotels you stay in. I only stay in the cheap ones and every one i have been in, in LOS, has a water heater, or kettle, as i call them, in every room. Also a kitchen where you can get them to boil water, if you ask them.

Cheers Doug.

 

I don't think any I stayed in, out of about six, had a kettle in the room. And friends I visited in different places didn't either.

[jacko 8,813]

To hell with bottled water, I just visited the Tesco convenience store around the corner and the beer shelves exhibited quite a dearth of supplies. A few lonely cans of Tiger and some Chang.

That got me thinking so I shot off to my distributor and managed to get a few cases of SML, 865 baht each! The lady in ths shop is telling me some places in town have run out of stock, although I was looking at a veritable wall of Leo large bottles.

Of course the SML comes from Pathumthani, north of Bangkok, under water.

 

Prior to this I wasn't thinking this was going to be much of a problem here, hell it is Bangkok, where the weekend and holiday obnoxious drivers come from. But problems are spreading...... imagine, Pattaya without beer.

Edited October 26, 2011 by jacko

[lovedog100 1,372]

Hi,

Quote from Lovedog. "few hotels will have a way to boil water." Don't know what hotels you stay in. I only stay in the cheap ones and every one i have been in, in LOS, has a water heater, or kettle, as i call them, in every room. Also a kitchen where you can get them to boil water, if you ask them. Just in case the kettle in your room breaks down. Also most of the bars, which i have visited, have a water heater in them. So what is the problem in getting boiled water, in Patts.

If you drink, coffee, tea, soup etc. you will find these things are not made with bottled water, in most places. Along with the ice, that a lot of people use. I always boil some water in my room, and when it is cool, fill the ice trays up. I like a small cube of ice in my single malt.

Cheers Doug.

Wow, not sure why you went at me, but I'll answer. I don't ever remember having a kettle in a Thailand hotel. Every US hotel I've been had a coffee pot with coffee and tea, but can't say that here. Maybe I didn't look, or notice since they don't supply coffee, it was useless as the hair dryer for me. I will state that boiling, just like adding bleach will not take out the metals, solids, or chemicals. I do drink coffee, tea, and soup, as well as use Ice. When I do, it's either made from bottled water, or they have an onsite osmosis unit. Every ice manufacturer in Pattaya has an osmosis unit. Every cube of Ice I've even had made in my hotel or my home was made with bottled water. I often have coffee at Starbucks who has an osmosis unit, and Tigglebitties, who always use bottled water. Where did you hear this shit? Even bar girls know enough to use bottled water to make ice or coffee, I've watched them do it. I've had soup at hot pot places that are nothing more than bamboo poles with a grass roof, and watched them fill the pots with bottled water. Even my mother in law who probably has no more than a third grade education, uses bottled water for cooking. Did you just make up this in your head because you haven't actually looked to see where the water you were putting in your mouth came from? I have to ask this, you brought it up. You really boil water to make ice? You are to cheap to pay 7 baht for a bottle of water? Lots of hotels give two bottles a day for free.

 

From Wikipedia: Thailand had less available water per person than any other country in Asia, and nearly one third of its water was “unsuitable for human consumption.” Unconsumable water was also a result of increasing untreated domestic sewage, industrial wastewater and solid hazardous wastes.

 

Since you seem to have the answers... How much lead, mercury and arsenic is in Pattaya tap water? How much does boiling take out?

[Idefix 2,275]

..... imagine, Pattaya without beer.

I would like to see that

Maybe bars would reduce soft drinks price to the one of draught beer ?

Could be a good thing then...

[Norfloxacin400 87]

loacl 711 totally out of water and beer last night (maybe from panic buying). bought some small bottles this morning from shop in building but the price has doubled. they said beer running out soon. I was told chang brewery stopped production and so had singha but they expected to have enough in stock to keep supplying. Time will tell I guess.

[SpicyMartin 11]

Was in Tesco Lotus, Big C and a variety of 7's this morning..... very little water, rice, bread..... and toiletries! Big C had loads of fresh veg, Tesco Lotus had none. As per usual everyone in times of hardship was stocking up, Tesco Lotus was full of Thai's wandering around shaking their heads saying "mai mee arai, mai mee arai" and every check out lane was full of people with their baskets full of sugar!

Me..... I'm trying to do my usual pharmacy run stocking up for 28 days back on board and cannot find any of me preferred Gilette II razors anywhere!!

 

Tesco Lotus Theprasit veg shelves mid-day today:

 

[voracious 31]

7-11 Ratchada in Bangkok. Certain categories of items = empty shelves. Staff trying to wrap single bananas to have something to put on the shelves. Letter is on the door.

[joekicker 53]

7-11 Ratchada in Bangkok. Certain categories of items = empty shelves. Staff trying to wrap single bananas to have something to put on the shelves. Letter is on the door.

 

Good pix.

 

7-11 put all their stuff way up above the floods out of harm's way, but the problem is they can't get TO the warehouses. This will probably be quite a short inconvenience, then, as floods in the warehouse areas are already starting to recede. Tesco apparently the same as 7-11 - not so much a shortage of goods in country, that they can't get trucks and people to where the goods are right now.

 

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[Hami123456 7]

 

Since you seem to have the answers... How much lead, mercury and arsenic is in Pattaya tap water? How much does boiling take out?

 

Boiling just to kill harmful bacteria, then you can use it to wash your hand, dishes, brush your teeth.

For drinking you maybe need to treat it after boiling using iodine or chlorine.

 

this shortage must present a golden opportunity for lots of people to make some money :)