Bangkok governor inspects water propelling boats in lower Chao Phraya River

[webfact]

 

By Thammarat Thadaphrom

   

BANGKOK, 7 October 2021 (NNT) - The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration is working with the Royal Thai Navy to set up and operate 12 water propelling boats that will speed up the rate of water release from the Chao Phraya River into the Gulf of Thailand.

 

Bangkok Governor Pol. Gen. Assawin Kwanmuang inspected the Royal Thai Navy’s setting up of water propelling boats at a floodgate in Lat Pho canal to the south of Bangkok. The boats were deployed in response to an increase in the water level in the Chao Phraya River, which came about after the Royal Irrigation Department raised the rate of water release at Chao Phraya Dam and Pa Sak Chonlasit Dam. The boats are also expected to help reduce the impact of high sea levels from 7 October to 10 October, when the flow rate of water from the Chao Phraya River into the Gulf of Thailand had been expected to lessen.

 

Each of the 12 water propelling boats has varying water-moving capacities ranging from 30,000 to 150,000 cubic meters per day. The boats will help with expelling excess water from the Chao Phraya River into the Gulf by increasing the flow rate in Lat Pho canal. The canal, situated in Samut Prakan province and completed in 2005, was built to shorten the distance water in the Chao Phraya needs to travel to reach the Gulf.

 

The water propelling boats will be switched on until the water in the Chao Praya River subsides, to keep communities along the riverbanks safe from flooding.

 

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[Crossy]

Did these actually have a measurable effect last time they were used?

 

[KarenBravo]

Oh dear.........someone was asleep during the physics class.......

[Gold Star]

If they removed the boats, it would displace less water.

[marcusb]

1 hour ago, Crossy said:

Did these actually have a measurable effect last time they were used?

 

Complete failure last time, same to be expected this time.   Probably try it again in 5 years for the next flood.  ????

[Crossy]

The river is probably doing about 1,000m³ per second unassisted. So that's 86,400,000m³ per day.

 

Assuming these beaties have an average pushing capacity of 50,000m³ per day, x 12 that's 600,000m³ per day.

 

So an increase of about 0.7%!

 

I'll keep on filling our freshly delivered sandbags!

 

EDIT WOW!! Our level is down 5cm on this time yesterday so maybe they do work!!!

 

Or maybe it's just tidal effects

 

 

[Rampant Rabbit]

42 minutes ago, Crossy said:

The river is probably doing about 1,000m³ per second unassisted. So that's 86,400,000m³ per day.

 

Assuming these beaties have an average pushing capacity of 50,000m³ per day, x 12 that's 600,000m³ per day.

 

So an increase of about 0.7%!

 

I'll keep on filling our freshly delivered sandbags!

 

EDIT WOW!! Our level is down 5cm on this time yesterday so maybe they do work!!!

 

Or maybe it's just tidal effects

 

 

Have you tried  digging a  hole  yet to let the water out? or you could suggest it to the propellor  man, he needs  more  P.R

[hotchilli]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

BANGKOK, 7 October 2021 (NNT) - The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration is working with the Royal Thai Navy to set up and operate 12 water propelling boats that will speed up the rate of water release from the Chao Phraya River into the Gulf of Thailand.

Some things never change... like people in positions that haven't a clue what they're doing.

[hotchilli]

1 hour ago, Crossy said:

The river is probably doing about 1,000m³ per second unassisted. So that's 86,400,000m³ per day.

 

Assuming these beaties have an average pushing capacity of 50,000m³ per day, x 12 that's 600,000m³ per day.

 

So an increase of about 0.7%!

 

I'll keep on filling our freshly delivered sandbags!

 

EDIT WOW!! Our level is down 5cm on this time yesterday so maybe they do work!!!

 

Or maybe it's just tidal effects

 

 

This might help too.. give it a try.

[khaowong1]

1 hour ago, hotchilli said:

This might help too.. give it a try.

Works about the same.  ha ha ha 

[mfd101]

How do these people manage to find the brains and energy to struggle out of bed each morning?

[IamNoone88]

It seems a return to Thailand's Great Flood of 2011. At the time it was described as  a100 year flood. Here is what they spent the money on then;

 

"As much as 50 billion baht has already been spent so far on the implementation of the flood control plan. Other expenses include 24 billion baht on road improvements, 3 billion baht on the construction of flood walls around industrial estates and another 10 billion baht on the development of basic infrastructure". 

 

"Additional water retention areas of around 2.1 million rai are expected to be set up with a combined capacity to hold up to 5.1 billion cubic meters of floodwater."

 

10 years later (not 100 years), those power boats are back in use again.

[DefaultName]

So, they can only help to shift about 600,000m³ a day.  Doesn't sound much, but if that's 600,000m³ that doesn't get into people's houses, it's a good thing, isn't it?  I know I'd prefer if I didn't get even 1m³ in mine.

 

Credit where it's due; this won't do much, but it will do something.

[Grusa]

If they moored a couple of submarines under the boats, they could increase the throughput by 0.01% and justify their cost!

[johng]

If only the mythbusters series was still going   it would make a good episode   and my prediction would be "BUSTED"

 

[internationalism]

he went there to inspect how much money is there to grease his palms.

A larger effect on flood situation would be dredging that canal and all other canals in bangkok, to increase flow and their holding capacity.

My canals wasn't dredged for 7 years now, probably has now a half meter of residue.

Bangkok needs properly designed dredgers, not just floating platforms (even not barges) with diggers on undercarriage.

I have never seen dredgers on rivers and canals, only on sea off Pattaya and Jomtien.

The work should be done constantly through all year. Dry season should be the best time to do, so they can exactly see the job.

I have also never seen dredging of city canals along roads.

[Cake Monster]

2 hours ago, mfd101 said:

How do these people manage to find the brains and energy to struggle out of bed each morning?

Its why most Thais either wear Flip Flops or slip on Shoes.

Laces confuse them.

[HiSoLowSoNoSo]

Must be some really smart guys in the Royal Thai Navy! Hopefully they don't have to fight a war in the future.    

[Damrongsak]

4 hours ago, hotchilli said:

This might help too.. give it a try.

I'd like to meet that gal, or at least see the expression on her face in that pic.  Get flooded and what are you going to do?  Humor goes a long way in such times. 

[carlyai]

A 1 in 100 year flood can happen every year. It might be expected to happen 1 year in every 100 years, but if it happens this year, it can still happen next year. Think it's one of those probability thingies.

[2long]

Assawin Kwanmuang for next Minister of Public Health, or better still PRIME Minister.. or how about UN Secretary General!! ????????????????????????????????????????????

[Damrongsak]

1 minute ago, carlyai said:

A 1 in 100 year flood can happen every year. It might be expected to happen 1 year in every 100 years, but if it happens this year, it can still happen next year. Think it's one of those probability thingies.

Think it's one of those probability thingies.

 

My thingie probably doesn't work 2 times out of three.  But, hey, it happens.

[RafPinto]

5 hours ago, Crossy said:

The river is probably doing about 1,000m³ per second unassisted. So that's 86,400,000m³ per day.

 

Assuming these beaties have an average pushing capacity of 50,000m³ per day, x 12 that's 600,000m³ per day.

 

So an increase of about 0.7%!

 

I'll keep on filling our freshly delivered sandbags!

 

EDIT WOW!! Our level is down 5cm on this time yesterday so maybe they do work!!!

 

Or maybe it's just tidal effects

 

 

And imagine those heavy submarines cruising along the river. This will add even more weight.

[brianthainess]

Last time they tried pushing the water down stream like this the RTN completely seemed unaware about the incoming tide. Sh@t for brains. 

[worgeordie]

Is it true they have ordered 3 million Hatari desk fans to blow

the smoke over to Burma , when the smoke problem starts

early next year up here in the North.....????

 

regards worgeordie

[poohy]

I really shouldn't say it BUT

Thailand's IQ problem really does seem to evident here and i presume most of these gentlemen are supposedly "edumacated"

[johng]

 

5 minutes ago, worgeordie said:

Is it true they have ordered 3 million Hatari desk fans to blow

the smoke over to Burma

And in a similar vein If they got all the mothballed Thai airways planes  flying 24/7  they could  blow those rain clouds away thus avoiding the yearly flooding ????

[chilly07]

The odd aircraft carrier and submarine can also be put to useful work as well as pipeline supplies to a number of clapped out water cannon trucks. If climate change rainfall lasts till Songran then water fights could also be deployed at hitherto unseen levels of ferocity. Raising the water table in Bangkok to stop it sinking could help. Visions of Waterworld and useful mutations, Death in Venice etc all spring to mind. Greening the Sahara might also be possible using all those defunct tankers

[Scott Tracy]

4 hours ago, HiSoLowSoNoSo said:

Must be some really smart guys in the Royal Thai Navy! Hopefully they don't have to fight a war in the future.    

To be used as water cannon at the next protest...

 

And next Year, there will be yet another drought. Joined up thinking.. No chance. 

 

[Rampant Rabbit]

6 hours ago, DefaultName said:

Credit where it's due; this won't do much, but it will do something.

yeah  like  not  peeing in the river  will help also