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Thais warned to prepare for intense drought conditions

By The Nation

 

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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

 

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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

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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.

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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

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3 minutes ago, Samui Bodoh said:

"Let the peasants Drink coke!"

it takes 2  litres  of  water to make one litre  of  coke............

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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.

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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.

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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

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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

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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.

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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 .

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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!

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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.

 

 

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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"

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