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It starts with an overview of Water Issues facing Thailand in general, and Bangkok in particular, before diving deep into the reasons and impacty of water scarcity and pollution on the tourism and hospitality industry. It shows how poor water management can have an impact on the durability of the tourism industry in general, and how it has a direct negative impact both on unique biodiversity, as well as on local communities surrounding hotels in Thailand. In concludes with the importance of addressing water issue as a encompassing problem, by involving every staff in the hotel and by changing our old perception of water as a cheap and infinite natural resource. LightBlue Environmental Consulting's Managing Director, Benjamin Lephilibert, was giving this presentation at the KUONI Water Champion workshop in Bangkok on November 12th, 2014. More info please email [email protected]
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World Water Crisis: Situation in Thailand, in
Bangkok and Impact on the Hospitality Industry
Benjamin Lephilibert
Arrivals +5.6%/year
283M in 2011
26.5 Millions (2013)
+8.8% YOY!
Moonson (May – Oct) 80% of rainfalls
Thailand agriculture: 70%+ of total water
supply (rice)
Water Issue
- SHORTAGE
When is tourism Peak Season…?
Water scarcity to hit Thailand hard by 2025http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/general/436854/ayutthaya-
farmers-issue-water-appeal (10 Oct 2014)
Moon River, Feb 2014
The primary sources for drinking water for many Thai
citizens are from surface and ground water
sources.
Water Issue
- Pollution
33% of surface water: poor quality
Flash floods
http://www.dw.de/mekong-river-at-its-lowest-level-in-50-years/a-5369566
Is Climate
Change
Impacting your
business? Will it?
Thailand: 6X consumption of locals
http://www.earthcheck.org/media
Source of water:
91% from river water
9% from deep wells
http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4075/4829
769381_367e7f94e1_z.jpg
Wastewater: 200 million m3/day
80% is not treated .
Poor infrastructure & planning
Klongs roads
Natural Flood plains houses + industries
2 m.
Sinks 2–5cm/year!
Industry pumping aquifers
3 years?
10 years?
Generations?
*
Could you run your
business without water??
+ EVERY PIECE of
Equipment/Furniture
/Cloth+ FOOD
Saving WATER - Why care?
HIGH WATER
CONSUMPTION
=
Bad yields
Results
=
Bye
Bye !!
=
FOOD
prices Up
High
Energy Consumption
=+
BEFORE AFTER
Bye
Bye !!
=
Treating WATER - Why care?
+
=
http://peakwater.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Pollution-in-new-delhi.jpg
+ Preventive
Maintenance
Plan
How much per day?
Per year?
+ GUESTS
BEFORE AFTER
Bye
Bye !!
$$
Short-
sighted
Hotelier
CONSCIOUS
Hotelier
=$
1. ADAPT your + your employees’ PERCEPTION + their Role
2. Raise guests’ LEVEL of CONSCIOUSNESS
3. Communicate with locals leaders/NGOs
DON’T STOP HERE…
We never know the
worth of water
till the well is dry…*Thomas Fuller, Gnomologia, 1732
*เรามกัจะเห็นความส าคญัของส่ิงๆหน่ึงก็ต่อเม่ือส่ิงๆนัน้
ไดจ้ากเราไปแลว้
www.lightblueconsulting.com
*Chongrak Polprasert, Water Environment Issues of Bangkok City,
Thailand: Options for Sustainable Management, ScienceAsia 33
Supplement 1 (2007), p 57-58.
http://www.thaiscience.info/journals/Article/Water%20environment%20issues%20of%
20bangkok%20city,%20thailand-%20options%20for%20sustainable%20management.pdf
http://floodcarethailand.blogspot.com/p/causes-of-flooding.html
http://www.fao.org/nr/water/aquastat/countries_regions/tha/index.stm
http://www.waterhealtheducator.com/Issues-Asia--Thailand-Study.html
web.worldbank.org
Did you know…. http://www.ifad.org/english/water/key.htm#footprints
http://travel.cnn.com/bangkok/none/bangkok-sinking-ship-remind-scientists-554023
Wolf A., Yoffe S., Giordano M., International Waters: Indicators for Identifying basins
at risk, PCCP project, UNESCO, 2003
http://sciencelearn.org.nz/Contexts/H2O-On-the-Go/Sci-Media/Images/Earth-s-
water-distribution
http://agsci.oregonstate.edu/aquatic-bt/biotechnology/environmental-monitoring
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2011/11/world_population_where_its_thi.html
