Bottled drinking water

[Gabor 296]

Today looked for bottled drinking water as the big bottles finished in the condo's minimarket.... In 5-6 Family Mart only small bottled water and in limited quantity, In a TESCO only a few bottle Evian ( and similar ) high end water ( 54-57 baht / bottle ) ... A friend told me the same about Central Festival.... A restaurant owner friend told me the same about the Macro and also added, the rice will be run out soon.... Sam Song seems also running out soon ( not available at all in TESCOs )

[Idefix 2,275]

Hi.

Today Thai newspapers recommended people to make reserves of food and water in case of a new flooding!

I imagine the rush on water, rice and 1st necessity food...

 

About water, reservoirs are at a good level and we should not have problem with city water.

If you don't find bottles any more, you can use one of the many "osmose machines" in Pattaya,

or just drink water from the tap if in Beach Rd to 3rd Road area.

[Gabor 296]

Hi.

Today Thai newspapers recommended people to make reserves of food and water in case of a new flooding!

I imagine the rush on water, rice and 1st necessity food...

 

About water, reservoirs are at a good level and we should not have problem with city water.

If you don't find bottles any more, you can use one of the many "osmose machines" in Pattaya,

or just drink water from the tap if in Beach Rd to 3rd Road area.

 

I'm only cook with the machine water, not 100% sure..... What you said ??? Drinking from the tap ?????

[Idefix 2,275]

What you said ??? Drinking from the tap ?????

 

Yes. Times change. Pattaya mayor inaugurated the new filtering system about 1 year ago.

Water distributed in Pattaya is drinkable.

 

I remember they said distribution tubes have been change from Beach Rd to 3rd Road

and that the City even installed a few drinking water fountains.

[pattaya_mad 208]

This is a picture from a 7/11 in BKK I picked up from FB,

Edited October 24, 2011 by pattaya_mad

[nus01 305]

, In a TESCO only a few bottle Evian ( and similar ) high end water ( 54-57 baht / bottle ) .

 

Anyone paying 57 baht for bottled water is ruining it for everyone else

 

Water is running waist high through the street and you can drink that for free

[joekicker 53]

Today looked for bottled drinking water as the big bottles finished in the condo's minimarket.

 

Yep. The country's pretty well doomed. With bottled water running out, death won't be far behind.

 

A lot of the Pilgrims starved to death when they landed in America, because their beef jerky ran out and surrounded by food, they died. Hundreds of years later, nothing much seems to have changed.

 

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[Hami123456 7]

what about boiling tap water?

[joekicker 53]

what about boiling tap water?

 

You mean... (squinting very tightly here).... adapt? My great-grandmother claimed there was a time that there was no bottled water. I don't believe her, of course, silly old woman.

 

Seems easier to bitxh, moan, fret, panic, run about and succumb to the lack of bottled water and die, surely?

 

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[satyr 15]

IMHO, without bottled water; Thailand is a no go.

[CColumbus 0]

.... Sam Song seems also running out soon ( not available at all in TESCOs )

That´s bad news I'm just a bit curious about how the flood crisis are affecting the tourist way of life even if Pattaya not at any risk of flooding so I like this tread with firs hand info.(lets stick to the topic) In a pinch just drink tap water (boil or process trough reverse osmosis machine just in case) Happy endings to you all

[TheFiend 1,189]

I've eaten from food carts, I've drunk filtered water from taps up in the village and the only time I have had a very dodgy stomach was after eating falang food from a restaurant. A shortage of bottled water wouldn't put me off going to Thailand.

[satyr 15]

That´s bad news I'm just a bit curious about how the flood crisis are affecting the tourist way of life even if Pattaya not at any risk of flooding so I like this tread with firs hand info.(lets stick to the topic) In a pinch just drink tap water (boil or process trough reverse osmosis machine just in case) Happy endings to you all

 

 

And how many hotel rooms provide stoves or osmosis machines?

Edited October 24, 2011 by satyr

[MM 6,562]

I've been out to Family Marts last night and tonight, and they have plenty of bottled water, both large and small sizes.

[joekicker 53]

And how many hotel rooms provide stoves or osmosis machines? huh

 

None. Flee!! All is lost. Doomed, I say DOOMED. Without an in-room osmosis machine, there's no way anyone will survive Pattaya more than a couple of days. And frankly, it should be reverse-osmosis anyhow if we are to get through this.

 

Seriously, though, I hope that every single would-be visitor who thinks that lack of bottled water is a severe problem stays away. Less dangerous for the rest of us if they're not in Thailand at all.

 

I've been out to Family Marts last night and tonight, and they have plenty of bottled water, both large and small sizes.

 

Also seriously, bottled water is running out and there won't be much on the market for a while. You're living out of the stockroom. A few details here.

 

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Edited October 24, 2011 by joekicker

[Hami123456 7]

And how many hotel rooms provide stoves or osmosis machines?

 

 

they will have a coffee maker, fill it with water but don't put coffee, then turn it on, don't drink the water while its hot, let it cool first.

[kaiser71 30]

Worst case scenario, you can treat water with bleach. Add 10 drops of regular clorox bleach per gallon. Wait 30 minutes.

[papillon 695]

I've eaten from food carts, I've drunk filtered water from taps up in the village and the only time I have had a very dodgy stomach was after eating falang food from a restaurant. A shortage of bottled water wouldn't put me off going to Thailand.

The village tap water was ok for me also. Sometimes you could see mud in it, LOL.

 

they will have a coffee maker, fill it with water but don't put coffee, then turn it on, don't drink the water while its hot, let it cool first.

If I forget to buy water on my way home I just boil a kettle of tap water and it's good to go when I wake up.

[Gabor 296]

I've been out to Family Marts last night and tonight, and they have plenty of bottled water, both large and small sizes.

 

Agree... checked tonight on the WS,,,not too much tourists needs bottled water living in the hotels..

[MM 6,562]

Agree... checked tonight on the WS,,,not too much tourists needs bottled water living in the hotels..

 

I do agree with joek, that the supplies are out of current inventory though, and will be gone soon.

 

We made an order for beer today and were given 1/3 of what we requested due to supply/inventory problems.

 

 

[chatkeow 28]

what about boiling tap water?

 

I drank tap water for 2 months this year from the Khorat region without boiling, much to the disgust of my wife.

I understand thats its no problem as long as the water is directly off the mains and not stored in an overhead tank.

[ttk 241]

We made an order for beer today and were given 1/3 of what we requested due to supply/inventory problems.

 

 

Does this mean you will triple the price? Just like ladies, 1/3 the customers triple the price.

 

 

As a side note, I noticed that Delta is waving change fees for flights to bangkok until 31 October. Now I am not as pissed off that I had to change my normal fucation in Oct/Nov to last Sep.

Edited October 24, 2011 by ttk

[jacko 8,899]

what about boiling tap water?

It's too hot.

[Idefix 2,275]

Hi. I found an article about "safe to drink" water in Pattaya area:

 

Chonburi guarantees local tap water is “safe to drink”

Water now complies with WHO standards

http://www.pattayamail.com/444/news.shtml#hd1

 

Shaded area depicts the area of Pattaya having drinkable tap water :

 

There was a most recent one - but in newspapers I think - about

all water distribution tubes having been change from Beach Rd to 2nd or 3rd Rd.

 

 

Anyway I think that in case of lake of water bottle,

the best and easiest solution is to use these many blue osmosis machines.

It will remove chlorine odor and make yet another filtering of already drinkable city water.

[lovedog100 1,372]

I've been out to Family Marts last night and tonight, and they have plenty of bottled water, both large and small sizes.

I went to a family mart, and two different 7-11's last night to find water. The first two, had a few small bottles left at 39 baht each. The second 7-11 allowed 6 bottles per customer. We found some big bottles hidden and Jane and I each bought six each. When we got home Jane told me that the employees were whining because they had hidden the water to take home themselves, and we found them. There are osmosis machines around the city. You have to bring your own jug, put in some coins and water comes out. They can usually be found in the residential areas, at the mom and pop mini marts. If it gets to that point, that is a better option than drinking tap water. Few hotels will have a way to boil water. Most restaurants have bottled water delivered in five gallon jugs for cooking. If your hotel has a restaurant, they may refill a bottle for you for a few baht.

 

Lots of shelves were empty in the three places we went to. Bread, pastry's and microwaveable foods were all gone. Someone mentioned using bleach, Thai's typically don't use bleach, so you will have to go to the Avenue, Friendship, or some other store that caters to farang to find it. I add bleach to my water tank about once a week to keep the green stuff from growing. I looked at my filters this morning, I'm not sure I would drink the water out of the tap, even with the bleach if it's unfiltered. I have two big filters that I changed about 6 weeks ago, and they look like they need changing again.