Twelve provinces named by government at severe risk of water shortages

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Twelve provinces named by government at severe risk of water shortages

 

Caption: 12 provinces at risk of water shortage

 

The government has named twelve Thai provinces that are seriously at risk of drinking water and other water usage shortages during the period of May to July. 

 

Gen Chatchai Sarikanya chaired a crisis committee to investigate ways, projects and budgets to help those areas that are expected to experience the greatest drought hardship. 

 

Picture: Bright TV

 

The committee had received information about likely rainfall in the coming three months and current reservoir levels before coming to their assessment where the problems were most likely to be felt.

 

The provinces affected are:

 

The North

Phijit, Kamphaengphet, Lamphun, Uttaradit and Tak. 

 

North-east

Surin and Kalasin.

 

Central

Pathum Thani, Ayuthaya, Chainat and Ang Thong. 

 

Central/South

Petchaburi

 

Source: Bright TV

 

 

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[chowny77]

Every year and they still have no clue how to fix it. Maybe if they did not waste so much water in Songkran just as we hit the hot season they might have some left over. Next we will be reading about floods again, same problems never fixed.

[mok199]

Life just got a little drier in Thunderdome...shower with a friend....

[Baerboxer]

But as long as Bangkok isn't affected, they really won't do much other than have nice meetings, well attended, with nice refreshment and plenty of nice back slapping!

[tkramer]

Thais do not understand gravity/water (hello 21st century), I have four (4) bathrooms where the water runs AWAY from the drain...

 

50 years ago America put a man on the moon. 50 years later Thai's are still playing with their dicks...

[xtrnuno41]

if you use the water for generating electricity and you dont catch it after turbine, then its gone.

Increase of power consumption makes it harder every time. Special now with changing in climate.

Thailand changes, power, water consumption changes, but not the vision on how to make it right.

Then you better buy some sub boats. 

It is the same as in ANY other country, they throw away money on stupid things and dont solve problems.

 

[wgdanson]

Phitsanulok is between Phitchit and Kampangphet. Do we not count?

 

Read earlier that there was a BIG STORM coming in from the East. What a load of cobblers !

[billd766]

I live in rural Khampaeng Phet next to the Mae Wong national park. Our water supply comes from the hills in the park and there simply hasn't been enough rain. Last month we all changed over to the borehole but that is erratic as well.

 

Now we are getting supplied by the water tankers from the big village 6 km away. This hasn't happened for a couple of years now. Next year it will be hotter and drier as we pass out of La Nina into El Nino (or the other way around) so we will have to rely on the bigger village still having water and longer times between refills.

 

Last weekend and a couple of days this week we had high winds, heavy rains and thunderstorms, but the ground was so dry and baked most of it just ran off.

Edited May 3, 2019 by billd766
Added extra text

[Bwlch]

Songran was ok


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[Fred31]

5 hours ago, chowny77 said:

Every year and they still have no clue how to fix it. Maybe if they did not waste so much water in Songkran just as we hit the hot season they might have some left over. Next we will be reading about floods again, same problems never fixed.

British water companies lose 25%+ of their water thru leaks, the south suffers droughts because they will not use canals to move water, they do not.build reservoirs and their processes go up an up. Incompetents corrupt as hell? Third world country!

[Fred31]

3 hours ago, tkramer said:

Thais do not understand gravity/water (hello 21st century), I have four (4) bathrooms where the water runs AWAY from the drain...

 

50 years ago America put a man on the moon. 50 years later Thai's are still playing with their dicks...

So are you

[bangrak]

But, but, but, there were not going to be water shortages, for sure, 'they' all said it! Sure, sure! TiT, alas... 

[CGW]

There are 76 provinces in Thailand 12 have a water shortage, the same 12 as most years? Mother nature isn't playing ball this year and the rains are late - great - we can all jump on the wagon and play the TVF knock the Thai's game.

At least only one has jumped in with the ridiculous notion that all the water was wasted at Songkran ???? 

[chama]

....of course if the government sold their sub (it is no longer needed now that the kickback has been paid) and invest in infrastructure to prevent flooding. Then allocate water during the months of drought they would be performing as a government rather than a circus.