Surin reservoir dyke breached, floods downstream

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Surin reservoir dyke breached, floods downstream

By The Nation

 

 

A reservoir breach in Surin has caused widespread flooding in Kap Choeng District and damaged the local road.

 

Surin Provincial Royal Irrigation Office chief Prateung Wandee said that water broke through the Ban Sawangniyom Reservoir on Wednesday evening, causing a flash flood downstream.

 

The office has issued a warning for people in Tambon Nongyai to prepare for a flood.

 

An inspection of the scene found that water had cut a 20-metre wide by four-metre deep swath through the reservoir’s earth dyke and destroyed the local concrete road on the dyke.

 

Prateung said officers were working hard to fix the dam and it was expected to resolve the problem within five days.

 

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30329675

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2017-10-19

 

[NCC1701A]

Damn it, there has really been a flood of these dam stories lately.

[NCC1701A]

" Prateung said officers were working hard to fix the dam and it was expected to resolve the problem within five days."

 

yes, that is when the last drop of water has flowed out of the dam.

[Lee4Life]

3 hours ago, NCC1701A said:

Damn it, there has really been a flood of these dam stories lately.

Their just trying to keep things "current"

 

In all seriousness, it's nice to here about something like this without hearing about loss of life.

[Bob12345]

Time to find out who is responsible for inspecting and maintaining this dam and ask some hard hitting questions.

[RichardColeman]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

Prateung said officers were working hard to fix the dam and it was expected to resolve the problem within five days.

translation - long term weather forecast says no rain in 5 days

[wvavin]

Has anybody seen anything of high quality in Thai government projects around the country? 

[Jimbo1964]

Pay a lot but use a cheap contractor and get a big kick back. Nothing new there.

[Elkski]

It's almost impossible to build a dam that won't fail if the water starts to flow over the top.  Even rodent burrows can spell disaster.   Controlling nature over a long time is a doomed goal. 

[off road pat]

2 hours ago, wvavin said:

Has anybody seen anything of high quality in Thai government projects around the country? 

Hmmm,...Got some high quality massages sometimes , ?!?!... I know a few good mechanics that made high quality repairs on my jeep...so, ? ... all is not bad....

[lvr181]

4 hours ago, Elkski said:

It's almost impossible to build a dam that won't fail if the water starts to flow over the top.  Even rodent burrows can spell disaster.   Controlling nature over a long time is a doomed goal. 

"Controlling nature over a long time is a doomed goal."

 

But mitigating the effects is not!

[ksamuiguy]

Even a Beaver builds a "spill way" by pass in the event his dam becomes to full and could destroy his home and food supply. He repairs and inspects the dam continuously after all it is his home and food supply that is at stake!

Back to basics, this is not rocket science.

[Stargeezr]

Not all dams built can be big concrete structures, these earthen dams fail when they are

over filled, seen this happen in many parts of the world. Not just Thailand,s problem.

Geezer

[Ossy]

Two questions, here, for me. Since the report doesn't state that the reservoir actually overflowed over the rim of the dam:

Q1, was it an overflow or simply a breaching of the earth ridge, due either to weight of water pushing against it or poor quality design/construction. Earth dams, though very low-tech, should remain intact, provided overflow is prevented by outlet control and design and construction follow the simple and age-old rules.

Q2, How many years did this dam do its job?

[Borzandy]

14 hours ago, Bob12345 said:

Time to find out who is responsible for inspecting and maintaining this dam and ask some hard hitting questions.

It's not me, it's not me..... maybe a farang fault.

[Alan1275L]

   Someone should be held personally responsible. The dyke should have never broken. 

   If  the water were hi enough it should have flowed over the dyke without destroying it. 

 

[Jip99]

10 minutes ago, Alan1275L said:

   Someone should be held personally responsible. The dyke should have never broken. 

   If  the water were hi enough it should have flowed over the dyke without destroying it. 

 

 

 

Dream on ?.

 

Personal responsibility is an alien concept in ?? Thailand.