webfact Posted December 23, 2019 Share Posted December 23, 2019 Thais warned to prepare for intense drought conditions By The Nation The Thai Meteorological Department is forecasting that the drought will be the worst in 40 years and last until May 2020. Kornrawee Sitthichivapak, Deputy Director-General for Operations, said on Monday that 43 provinces in the north, northeast, and central regions, would be the most affected, and that the most crucial period would be January and February as water reserves are low. There was unlikely to be any rain until May, the beginning of the rainy season, as high temperatures and the climate condition known as El Nino prevail. The lowest rainfall ever recorded was in 1979. This year is likely to be worse than in 1995 and in 2015-2016, when it was so intense that water needed to be drawn up from the aquifers and people in central Bangkok and metropolitan areas were affected and competed for water, roads cracked, banks collapsed and saltwater seeped into Pathum Thani affecting the use of raw water for tap water production for Bangkok residents. Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30379744 -- © Copyright The Nation Thailand 2019-12-24 Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking Thailand news and visa info Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post dcnx Posted December 23, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted December 23, 2019 No one including the government will prepare. 14 4 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post khwaibah Posted December 23, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted December 23, 2019 This is why we put in a 50m x 50m x 10m this past year. The 3 weeks of rain that we had in September filled it. This pond is doing its job and as you can see a second corp of organic rice and a 5 rai garden all organic. Location is Kap Choeng Surin. 27 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post z42 Posted December 23, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted December 23, 2019 The Bangkok post has authorities already blaming the rice farmers as they're said to be disobeying orders not to plant additional rice crops. The situation for water is already dire where I am. Think Songkrann may be scaled back this year in many areas. 3 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post canuckamuck Posted December 23, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted December 23, 2019 We prepared by cancelling an irrigation project for next year. The water supply for it is spring water which dries up in the hot season. By the lack of rain this year, we know the spring will dry up much sooner. There is no point buying the irrigation equipment when we wont even have enough to irrigate the area already set up. I am also setting up a system to get water to the house from the river because town water will certainly run out this year like it did in 2015. 5 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chazar Posted December 23, 2019 Share Posted December 23, 2019 WEll done, thats the "plan" sorted then 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Chazar Posted December 23, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted December 23, 2019 Just now, canuckamuck said: We prepared by cancelling an irrigation project for next year. The water supply for it is spring water which dries up in the hot season. By the lack of rain this year, we know the spring will dry up much sooner. There is no point buying the irrigation equipment when we wont even have enough to irrigate the area already set up. I am also setting up a system to get water to the house from the river because town water will certainly run out this year like it did in 2015. Gave up with asking anyone here to do anything about anything and provided everything for myself........... 2 wells put in 5 years ago, I watch as the village have their black dirty frequently off water 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Samui Bodoh Posted December 23, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted December 23, 2019 (edited) The sad fact is that until it bothers the wives and/or girlfriends of the current Cabinet Ministers, nothing will be done. "Let the Peasants Drink Coca Cola" Edited December 23, 2019 by Samui Bodoh Lack of coffee, not water 9 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChipButty Posted December 23, 2019 Share Posted December 23, 2019 Big problems on the way for the tourist areas of Phuket we have had nowhere near the amount of rain we usually get this year 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chazar Posted December 23, 2019 Share Posted December 23, 2019 19 minutes ago, khwaibah said: This is why we put in a 50m x 50m x 10m this past year. The 3 weeks of rain that we had in September filled it. This pond is doing its job and as you can see a second corp of organic rice and a 5 rai garden all organic. Location is Kap Choeng Surin. youll find evaporation rates wil make quite a difference, I have a 1 rai lake 8 metres deep, it falls about 50cm over the dry months but as we live on a hill Ive made gulleys to fill it if theres even a sniff of rain in the air 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chazar Posted December 23, 2019 Share Posted December 23, 2019 3 minutes ago, Samui Bodoh said: "Let the peasants Drink coke!" it takes 2 litres of water to make one litre of coke............ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post fishtank Posted December 23, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted December 23, 2019 The morons will still be chucking water around during sonkran. Nothing gets learnt. 4 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post khwaibah Posted December 23, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted December 23, 2019 2 minutes ago, Chazar said: youll find evaporation rates wil make quite a difference, I have a 1 rai lake 8 metres deep, it falls about 50cm over the dry months but as we live on a hill Ive made gulleys to fill it if theres even a sniff of rain in the air Water table is only 4 meters down and ponds in my area do not go dry because of this. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edwinchester Posted December 23, 2019 Share Posted December 23, 2019 31 minutes ago, khwaibah said: This is why we put in a 50m x 50m x 10m this past year. The 3 weeks of rain that we had in September filled it. This pond is doing its job and as you can see a second corp of organic rice and a 5 rai garden all organic. Location is Kap Choeng Surin. We did similar when we built our house over a decade ago. Works a treat but during times of drought we've had to cope with people pumping it out during the night for their own needs. 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Crossy Posted December 24, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted December 24, 2019 8 minutes ago, edwinchester said: We did similar when we built our house over a decade ago. Works a treat but during times of drought we've had to cope with people pumping it out during the night for their own needs. That was my immediate thought too. Instead of just pinching the fish they will be pumping out the water and then pinching the fish. 3 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammieuk1 Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 A general will be wheeled out and order it gone back in due coarse ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post soalbundy Posted December 24, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted December 24, 2019 And the rainy season 2020 is predicted to lack rain, worse than this and last year, I see a farmers revolt coming with bank foreclosures on farmland that can't be sold. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post khwaibah Posted December 24, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted December 24, 2019 (edited) 41 minutes ago, Crossy said: That was my immediate thought too. Instead of just pinching the fish they will be pumping out the water and then pinching the fish. We have 24 7 security on site. Me fl and he does not drink plus he is the one that has paid for the fish in the pond over 10,000 from Surin Inland Fisheries Research and Development Center. https://www.fisheries.go.th/if-surin/pan.php Just to let you know the wife said last year that she wanted to get out of the rice as it was a s-h-y-t business and do this. She has the backing of the Department of Agriculture and the Department of Livestock and which we have offices in Kap Choeng. This is a slow but well thought out project. Edited December 24, 2019 by khwaibah 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post edwinchester Posted December 24, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted December 24, 2019 33 minutes ago, Crossy said: That was my immediate thought too. Instead of just pinching the fish they will be pumping out the water and then pinching the fish. We have two large ponds that we use for irrigation. One is close to the house and fenced off, we use it for the vegetables and garden. It is also well stocked with fish. The other is about 150 metres away and is pumped out onto the rice paddy when required and unless we put our foot down a couple of the locals consider it fair game. Still I've had some nice fishing nets and floatation tanks out of it which is nice. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poohy Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 Never mind the 2nd crops of rice its drinking water we need here on the outskirts of Prachuap No real rain since september and local water supply is now sporadic 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Road Warrior Posted December 24, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted December 24, 2019 then it is time to cancel songkran for is a total water of water !!!!! 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoffggi Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 5 hours ago, webfact said: the most affected, and that the most crucial period would be January and February as water reserves are low. There was unlikely to be any rain until May, the beginning of the rainy season, No mention of April when they hold the biggest waste of water event of the year....LOL 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post hotchilli Posted December 24, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted December 24, 2019 6 hours ago, webfact said: Thais warned to prepare for intense drought conditions Why warn Thais, the average Joe can't do a damn thing.... go tell the provincial governors to start earning their fat salaries and start coming up with real solutions! 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mrmicbkktxl Posted December 24, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted December 24, 2019 Thais should change to potatoes.Rice is a waste of resources.Potatoes need a fifth of water compared to rice 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jvs Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 16 minutes ago, mrmicbkktxl said: Thais should change to potatoes.Rice is a waste of resources.Potatoes need a fifth of water compared to rice Yes you are right,potatoes grow really well in the heat over here. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivor bigun Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 The wife owns a load of rice fields up north ,she used to pay someone to grow rice ,for the last few years she has not bothered ,its just not worth the trouble . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmicbkktxl Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 7 minutes ago, jvs said: Yes you are right,potatoes grow really well in the heat over here. RNA blocks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Nick Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 3 hours ago, fishtank said: The morons will still be chucking water around during sonkran. Nothing gets learnt. Yeah...because 3 days of water- fun will make up for all the great planning, done in this country! But go on, picking the low hanging fruits! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krataiboy Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 No problem for us British retirees who lived through the last world war and got used to five inches (of water I mean!) in the bath. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThaiBunny Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 1 minute ago, Krataiboy said: No problem for us British retirees who lived through the last world war and got used to five inches (of water I mean!) in the bath. Queen Elizabeth I is reported as saying she had a bath once a month "whether she needed it or not" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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