Prachuap reservoirs at 66 percent capacity

[webfact]

 

By Online Reporter

 

Despite what feels like an increased amount of rainfall in recent weeks, the region’s reservoirs are some way off full capacity.

 

In many other areas of Thailand, concerns have been raised about the dangerously high levels of water in many major reservoirs.

 

However, officials in Prachuap Khiri Khan have confirmed the eight reservoirs that help supply the region with water are currently at around 66 percent capacity, while the nearby Pranburi reservoir is at around 65 percent capacity.

 

The news comes after Mr. Sathien Charoenruen, governor of Prachuap Khiri Khan Province, presided over a meeting of the Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Division and the Prachuap Khiri Khan Province Command Center for Flood, Storm, and Landslide Prevention and Solution Center on Tuesday.

 

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[owl sees all]

Seven of our ponds are about 80% full.

 

The one pond that reflects the water table is little more than 60%.

[Geoffggi]

43 minutes ago, webfact said:

Despite what feels like an increased amount of rainfall in recent weeks, the region’s reservoirs are some way off full capacity.

Obviously more thought & actions required regarding water drainage & water retention .......

[KhunLA]

53 minutes ago, owl sees all said:

Seven of our ponds are about 80% full.

 

The one pond that reflects the water table is little more than 60%.

The small local lake here at the park, I visit almost daily has breached 2X this year.  Early on and this past wave of heavy rains.

 

That's my local rain meter.  In March, early April, it will be 1-2 meter down from full up, before the rains.  Only the 2nd year out of 6 here, that it breached.   Tells me everything I need to know locally.

[owl sees all]

4 minutes ago, KhunLA said:

The small local lake here at the park, I visit almost daily has breached 2X this year.  Early on and this past wave of heavy rains.

What heavy rains would they be?

 

Other than light drizzle, no sensible rain this month. Rice is is need. Will get the pump out later this week.

[KhunLA]

1 minute ago, owl sees all said:

What heavy rains would they be?

 

Other than light drizzle, no sensible rain this month. Rice is is need. Will get the pump out later this week.

A. Muang

[spidermike007]

Prachuap, between Thap Sakae and Muang Prachuap is the sub Saharan region of Thailand. The rain shadow of the Burmese mountains seems to cause the storms to divert around it. Most of the year it is hot and dry. You like Phoenix? Try Prachuap. 

[it is what it is]

this old chestnut seems to pop up with tedious regularity. as a country with a tropical climate there is surely enough water falling from the sky for everyone. surely, what is required is an effective water management strategy to ensure the water provided from above is stored in adequate amounts and infrastructure in place to transport this water to where it is needed.

 

the uk started doing this seriously around a hundred years ago, water is stored hundreds of miles away from where it is needed. isn;t it time thailand caught up?

[KhunLA]

19 minutes ago, spidermike007 said:

Prachuap, between Thap Sakae and Muang Prachuap is the sub Saharan region of Thailand. The rain shadow of the Burmese mountains seems to cause the storms to divert around it. Most of the year it is hot and dry. You like Phoenix? Try Prachuap. 

Well, it's not a dry heat.  Non rainy season, expect at least 60-80% RH, all day, every day.

[SpaceKadet]

32 minutes ago, spidermike007 said:

Prachuap, between Thap Sakae and Muang Prachuap is the sub Saharan region of Thailand. The rain shadow of the Burmese mountains seems to cause the storms to divert around it. Most of the year it is hot and dry. You like Phoenix? Try Prachuap. 

Not sure I can agree on that.

But the fact is that area from Tap Sakae to Chumporn and further south is the flooding central every year. As soon as the rain hits the mountain range the runoff cause severe flooding in some areas. Mainly Chumporn.

 

Here in BS after severe flooding some years back, and due to Royal intervention, they have installed some drainage and additional water runoffs. Of course, being open they were used by Thais as garbage disposal, just like in Bangkok, and now the work is being redone with proper covert culverts and as a bonus they are widening some roads, redoing the surface, installing lights, and central dividers, which I for one do not understand the reason for. Just asking for accidents by all drunks driving at night....

 

Or perhaps it's in preparation for this Sattahip to Hat Yai car ferry.... One stop on the way was supposed to be Bang Saphan.

[RichardColeman]

Give it a few months and they'll be moaning its too low and there'll  be a drought

[owl sees all]

1 hour ago, RichardColeman said:

Give it a few months and they'll be moaning its too low and there'll  be a drought

Last year, after big rain on the 22nd October, we then had 119 days before it rained again.

 

Drought started at the beginning of October this year.

Edited October 19, 2022 by owl sees all
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[spidermike007]

17 hours ago, SpaceKadet said:

Not sure I can agree on that.

But the fact is that area from Tap Sakae to Chumporn and further south is the flooding central every year. As soon as the rain hits the mountain range the runoff cause severe flooding in some areas. Mainly Chumporn.

 

Here in BS after severe flooding some years back, and due to Royal intervention, they have installed some drainage and additional water runoffs. Of course, being open they were used by Thais as garbage disposal, just like in Bangkok, and now the work is being redone with proper covert culverts and as a bonus they are widening some roads, redoing the surface, installing lights, and central dividers, which I for one do not understand the reason for. Just asking for accidents by all drunks driving at night....

 

Or perhaps it's in preparation for this Sattahip to Hat Yai car ferry.... One stop on the way was supposed to be Bang Saphan.

From Thap Sakae and to the south it seems to be far rainier. North to from there to PKK seems to be a dry zone. Kuibiri to the north gets more rain. 

Edited October 20, 2022 by spidermike007