Mekong River fluctuations may affect next year’s dry season

[snoop1130]

Mekong River fluctuations may affect next year’s dry season

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - Thai authorities have predicted the water level in the Mekong River to be around its average level in next year’s dry season. The water management agency is now keeping an eye on fluctuations of water levels that may affect villagers and farmers.

 

Deputy Prime Minister Gen Prawit Wongsuwan has ordered the Office of National Water Resources (ONWR) to closely monitor the situation in the Mekong River, and to coordinate with other countries the river passes through, to ensure mutual benefits from this international river.

 

The Thai National Mekong Committee now expects the water level in the Mekong River this dry season to be around the average level at all measuring stations. They are however, concerned about fluctuations in the water level.

 

The committee has ordered the ONWR to report the situation to related agencies, and notify provinces of potential disasters.

 

The committee has also approved the agenda for the 27th Meeting of the Mekong River Commission Council with Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam on 26th November.

 

At the meeting, the committee is to present a 10-year strategy for Mekong River subregion development, and the 5-year strategy of the Mekong river committee.

 

Topics such as environmental asset management, a water transport masterplan and renovation of water transport facilities for navigation safety will be discussed at the meeting.

 

The committee will also be discussing with Laos the issue of the Sanakham and Phung Ngoi hydropower projects, where concerns have been raised concerning the projects’ potential consequences for Thailand.

 

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[YetAnother]

11 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

The water management agency is now keeping an eye on fluctuations of water levels that may affect villagers and farmers

this IS their job , right ? so the news is that they are doing their jobs, great

[Dumbastheycome]

Not sure what the message is in that. Seems like a reversed impact. Or maybe  because  for  years now the water level has been well below "average " levels and there are a significant  number of  entreprenurials  who have adopted  usage of the  dry  river bed?

 

[Misterwhisper]

Why would river level fluctuations affect the dry season?

Or should that rather be that the dry season affects the river level?

 

But I figure the biggest effects as per water level fluctuations would be due to the dams erected by Thailand's false BFF upriver. And that's year-round, dry season or not.

 

44 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

The committee has also approved the agenda for the 27th Meeting of the Mekong River Commission Council with Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam on 26th November.

Guess why BFF is not part of that Council... though a long stretch of the Mekong flows through their territory.

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