Monitoring of dams to continue as heavy rains cause overflows

 

  

PETCHABURI, 8th October 2018 (NNT) – Warnings of heavy rain and runoff are being maintained in many areas, including those downstream from Kaeng Krachan Dam. 

The dam is currently holding 654 million cubic meters of water or 92 percent of its capacity and is taking in an average 12 million cubic meters of water a second while maintaining a release rate of 6 million cubic meters of water per second. The high volumes are expected to swell waterways in Petchaburi’s Ta Yang and Baan Lad districts and has prompted a warning for riverside communities. 

Kaeng Krachan Hospital personnel working in Huay Mae Priang sub-district, 40 kilometers away from central Kaeng Krachan District, have reported one of their vehicles being swept away by forest runoff. The car was caught in fast flowing water in the area of Huay Mae Ma Rew but its passengers were able to escape in time. 

In Yala province, Baan Wang Kra Irrigation Dam has risen beyond its spillway and flooded a one kilometer long stretch of road in Tha Se sub-district of Muang district. The situation resulted from nearly three days of rain and has impaired travel in the area. 

Meanwhile, the Royal Irrigation Department has ordered all of its personnel to concentrate on managing the country’s still high volumes of water and to monitor rain and runoff so that responses can be carried out rapidly. They have been told to be mindful of large dams that have reached their Upper Rule Curve and mid-sized dams now over 80 percent of their capacity. 

 

-- nnt 2018-10-08

The dam is currently holding 654 million cubic meters of water or 92 percent of its capacity and is taking in an average 12 million cubic meters of water a second while maintaining a release rate of 6 million cubic meters of water per second.

 

Do the math.

 

About two percent of capacity is inflowing EVERY SECOND and one percent (ish) flowing out every second, So 100 percent capacity will be reached in 8 seconds from......?

They should have plenty of people to "monitor" as none needed in the North East where some of the reservoirs are very low, with no rain forecast until April, standby for the next announcement which will contain the word "drought"

Surely they mean per day, not per second.