Afternoon update
Downpour floods Khorat
Information and photo from Prasit Tangprasert
It won't help the situation in the Chao Phraya basin, but yesterday the problem in the Nakhon Ratchasima area was not too little water but too much. Parts of the proivnce received more than 100 milimeters in three hours.
On some sections of Mitraphap Road, the main road from Bangkok to northeastern provinces, the water was as deep as 50 centimetres.
The flooding also caused damage to many houses in Muang district.
On the positive side, the Lam Takong dam in Sikhiu district received 1.2 million cubic metres of water inflow on Tuesday.
As of Tuesday morning, the dam had 53 million cubic metres of water, or 16% ofcapacity, and was discharging 430,000 cubic metres each day for consumption by people in the province.
Tuesday morning story
RID to slash Chao Phraya water supply
PATSARA JIKKHAM,
PONGPAT WONGYALA
CHUDET SIHAWONG
PONGPAT WONGYALA
CHUDET SIHAWONG
The Royal Irrigation Department (RID) will seek cabinet approval today to cut daily water releases to the Chao Phraya River basin to ensure there will be enough water for consumption until next month. (Latest: That approval has now been given.)
Interior Minister Anupong Paojinda said water discharges from dams in the river basinwould be cut from 28 million cubic metres per day to 18 million cu/m under theproposal, starting on Thursday. This is because there will be no rainfall until the end of the month, he said.
Interior Minister Anupong Paojinda said water discharges from dams in the river basinwould be cut from 28 million cubic metres per day to 18 million cu/m under theproposal, starting on Thursday. This is because there will be no rainfall until the end of the month, he said.
Farmers will be asked to stop diverting water for their farmland as the discharged water will be reserved for consumption.
Gen Anupong was speaking after state agencies met yesterday to discuss ways to manage water supply during the drought.
"The RID confirmed that if water is not siphoned out of the system, the supply would be enough to last until August," he said.
"We are seeking more water resources, including ponds in the Chaipattana Foundation and Rama 9, as well as groundwater wells in the event the water supply falls short of the expected level."
Gen Anupong was speaking after state agencies met yesterday to discuss ways to manage water supply during the drought.
"The RID confirmed that if water is not siphoned out of the system, the supply would be enough to last until August," he said.
"We are seeking more water resources, including ponds in the Chaipattana Foundation and Rama 9, as well as groundwater wells in the event the water supply falls short of the expected level."
The minister said he had ordered the Metropolitan Waterworks Authority (MWA) and the Provincial Waterworks Authority (PWA) to assess the tap water productionsituation.
The MWA and the RID confirmed there was no water supply problem in the capital, and the PWA will report to him today on which areas have water shortages, so water trucks can be deployed there.
Concerns over tap water escalated after the PWA plant in Pathum Thani's Thanyaburi district suspended the supply to households in the district over the weekend. The move came after Khlong 13, which supplies raw water to the Thanyaburi plant, dried up. A similar problem occurred in Lop Buri. Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha blamed the tap water cut-off on farmers pumping raw water into their farmland and buildingdykes to contain water.
The MWA and the RID confirmed there was no water supply problem in the capital, and the PWA will report to him today on which areas have water shortages, so water trucks can be deployed there.
Concerns over tap water escalated after the PWA plant in Pathum Thani's Thanyaburi district suspended the supply to households in the district over the weekend. The move came after Khlong 13, which supplies raw water to the Thanyaburi plant, dried up. A similar problem occurred in Lop Buri. Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha blamed the tap water cut-off on farmers pumping raw water into their farmland and buildingdykes to contain water.
Pathum Thani governor Pongsathorn Sajjacholaphan called on farmers to stopdiverting water from upstream of the pumping station in Khlong 13. The RID haddeployed machinery to remove dykes blocking the water flow in Khlong 13, and alsosiphoned water from other sources to increase the water level in the canal, he said.
Mr Pongsathorn said the water level in the canal was enough for tap water productionand work was underway to produce water for residents. Jirachai Moonthongroy, chairman of the PWA board, said water production resumed at 8pm yesterday. Some areas would have slow-running tap water and locals should prepare containers to store water, he said.
Mr Pongsathorn said the water level in the canal was enough for tap water productionand work was underway to produce water for residents. Jirachai Moonthongroy, chairman of the PWA board, said water production resumed at 8pm yesterday. Some areas would have slow-running tap water and locals should prepare containers to store water, he said.
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