High tides to cause floods where cresting Phetchaburi River drains into Gulf

By Natthapat Phromkaew 
The Nation

 

 

Beginning on Sunday, Phetchaburi’s Muang district may suffer a 20-centimetre-deep to 50cm-deep flood for 7-10 days, while Ban Laem district could be flooded for nearly a month.

 

Ban Laem is situated in the area where the deluge would pour into sea, with drainage speed affected by high tides.

 

While inspecting the Phetch Dam in Tha Yang district on Wednesday morning, Royal Irrigation Department (RID) chief Thongplew Kongchan said the Kaeng Krachan Dam contained 730 million cubic metres of water and was releasing water to a depth of 46 centimetres via a spillway.

 

Downstream communities would suffer few effects from that rapid release, he said, except for some low-lying riverside resorts. The volume of water pouring into the Kaen Krachan Dam had recently declined, and that was a good sign, said Thongplew.

 

The downstream Phetch Dam was releasing water at 95 cubic metres per second on Wednesday morning, a low enough rate to avoid floods in Tha Yang and Muang districts, he said.

 

He expected the Muang and Ban Laem districts would get floods 20-50 centimetres deep from August 12 onward as runoffs would pass through the Phetch Dam at up to 160 cubic metres per second.

 

While Muang would suffer for only 7-10 days, Ban Laem as the Phetchaburi River’s entry point to the sea would endure a month of floods, he said. High tides slow the water drainage into the sea.

 

The province and related officials would try to minimise impacts and aid affected residents. To lessen the predicted flood problem at Ban Laem, 40 water-pushing boats and water pumps were in place. The boats work best at low tide, while high tides are expected over the coming weekend.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/national/30351725

 

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Hmmmm!

 

But tides are not particularly  high at the moment theres a healthy swing between low and high tides in fact the low tides are the lowest of the year at this time

 

http://www.ukho.gov.uk/easytide/easytide/ShowPrediction.aspx?PortID=6876&PredictionLength=7

 

 

Ah, ze Thai boats are very gut hja, can hold ze waves in ze sea, hja?

Nearly spat my tea over my keyboard when I saw their 'water pushing' boats. I wonder what their ice-breakers are like?

Google thai boat pushing water idea 2001 and see where the source of idea came from! Its available online.

TATS very own right hand man did a blog here if link is allowed https://paknam.com/blogs/boats-help-push-flood-water-out-to-sea/

 

Edited August 8, 20187 yr by jimmynewbie

16 hours ago, Phuketshrew said:

 I wonder what their ice-breakers are like?

 

Thai ice breaking technology is state of the art and no laughing matter. Remember that under benevolent, wise, and inspired Junta leadership, Thai ports have been kept 100% ice free and not a single ship has been trapped by ice in Gulf of Siam waters. Not a single one!

 

 

Edited August 9, 20187 yr by Hayduke

How beneficial are these water pushing boats against an incoming tide? Answer.....  just as useless as they are with an outgoing tide.

Having General Canute hold his hand up against the tide would likely be more effective.

...this picture...are these idiots serious?

Isn't that the same measure, that proved so "effective" in the 2011/2012 flooding?

Wasn't the Yingluk - government (rightfully) chastised for this moronic BS?

 

...and why isn't happy hour starting yet- I need to knock myself out!

8 hours ago, DM07 said:

...this picture...are these idiots serious?

Isn't that the same measure, that proved so "effective" in the 2011/2012 flooding?

Wasn't the Yingluk - government (rightfully) chastised for this moronic BS?

 

...and why isn't happy hour starting yet- I need to knock myself out!

No!!! The big flood start in the beginning of July. At this time Abhisit Vejjajiva was in power!!!
Jinluck only got all the shit what his government can't fix.

You  are all insulting the man who's idea it was, just saying........no it does not work but.........see the link above i provided its available here online so they must believe it works lol