The water outflow at Jinghong hydropower  station in China’s Yunnan province is dropping due to power grid maintenance during 5 – 24 January, leading  to changes  in river water levels along the Mekong River in Thailand, Lao PDR, and Cambodia, according to a press release from the Mekong River Commission. According to a notification from China’s Ministry of Water Resources that the Mekong  River Commission Secretariat (MRCS) received on Jan. 5, the “maintenance of transmission lines of the power grid” will result in water outflow reduction at 1,000 cubic meters per second (m³/s) from 5 to 24 January.

 

The amount of water flow will be gradually restored to its normal operation status on Jan. 25, the notification said. However, the ministry did not specify the river level before the reduction or the volume to be restored on 25 January.

 

Based on the MRC’s observed water level data at Jinghong available until 4 January, the outflow level started decreasing from 1,410 m³/s on 31 December, 2020 to 768m³/s on 1^st Jan. 1, 2021, representing an almost 50 percent drop. But the flow rose slightly to just 786 m³/s over 1 to January. As a result, water levels along the Mekong River are likely to drop by about 1.20 metres, according to MRC’s observed and forecasting water level data.

 

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A travesty that should never have let China (or any other country) control such an important water source

water wars ... one country cannot live without and might be , blablabla ...

1 hour ago, natway09 said:

A travesty that should never have let China (or any other country) control such an important water source

Yes indeed, but unfortunately most of the dams are within China so they can do what they like (map):-