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

 

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No one including the government will prepare. 

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.

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.

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.

WEll  done, thats the "plan" sorted  then

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

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, 20196 yr by Samui Bodoh
Lack of coffee, not water

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

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

3 minutes ago, Samui Bodoh said:

"Let the peasants Drink coke!"

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

The morons will still be chucking water around during sonkran.

Nothing gets learnt.

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.

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.

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.

A general will be wheeled out and order it gone back in due coarse ????

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.

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, 20196 yr by khwaibah

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.

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

then it is time to cancel songkran for is a total water of water !!!!!

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

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!

Thais should change to potatoes.Rice is a waste of resources.Potatoes need a fifth of water compared to rice

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.

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 .

7 minutes ago, jvs said:

Yes you are right,potatoes grow really well in the heat over here.

RNA blocks

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!

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.

 

 

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"