The Thaiger
Clean-up underway at Bangkok data centre oil leak site
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The Pollution Control Department (PCD) is monitoring the clean-up of oil-contaminated wastewater at a data centre on Rama 9 Road in Bangkok, after officials found the contamination risked flowing into a local canal .
Key facts
- The Pollution Control Department (PCD) is monitoring the clean-up of oil-contaminated wastewater at a data centre on Rama 9 Road in Bangkok, after officials found the contamination risked flowing into a local canal .
- Department Director-General Surin Worakitthamrong said yesterday, September 6, that the department and Huai Khwang District Office inspected the treatment and disposal work at the data centre following the discovery.
- Outside the building, sandbags have also been placed to block and intercept the drainage pipe before it reaches Khlong Rama 9
- The department first ordered checks on September 3, after Natural Resources and Environment Minister Suchart Chomklin instructed officials to investigate complaints on social media about a fuel-like smell near Soi 6, Rama 9 Road, Bang Kapi
Summary
Department Director-General Surin Worakitthamrong said yesterday, September 6, that the department and Huai Khwang District Office inspected the treatment and disposal work at the data centre following the discovery.
Surin said oil-contaminated wastewater and sediment were found in the facility’s internal wastewater retention pond and in the public drainage pipe outside.