'East Water' announces solution to water shortages in eastern seaboard

BANGKOK: -- Factories located in Thailand's eastern seaboard provinces of Chonburi, Rayong and Chacherngsao will have sufficient water for industial use by early next year, Eastern Water Resources Development and Management Plc (East Water) announced Wednesday.

East Water President Wanchai Lawatanatrakul said that the company's three water storage reservoirs -- at Dokkrai, Nong Pla Lai and Klong Yai -- now have 205 million cubic metres of raw water on hand, capable of being delivered to the region's industries.

The announcement came as a striking turnaround from industrial complaints voiced only a few months ago that factories might have to cut production by half --or halt production altogether -- if the problem of persistent water shortages could not be solved.

For several years industrial estates in the eastern seaboard have been competing with agricultural and household users for increasingly scarce water supplies, and the expanded commercial water service is exprected to alleviate the situation.

Mr. Wanchai said his company will receive additional water from the Bangpakong River to support Chonburi users at about 50 million cubic metres annual capacity.

A water pipeline network project to divert water from the Bangpakong river is nearly complete, he said -- 95 per cent completed -- and expected to begin operating later this month.

When completed, he said, the project could enhance water distribution efficiency to respond to higher demand of both household and industrial sector users in Chonburi, Rayong and Chacherngsao in the hinterland of the coast.

East Water is confident that next year the users in the eastern provinces will not face water shortage problem, he said.

--TNA 2005-12-07

And how many million meters do these companies use?

'East Water' announces solution to water shortages in eastern seaboard

BANGKOK: --  Factories located in Thailand's eastern seaboard provinces of Chonburi, Rayong and Chacherngsao will have sufficient water for industial use by early next year, Eastern Water Resources Development and Management Plc (East Water) announced Wednesday.

East Water President Wanchai Lawatanatrakul said that the company's three water storage reservoirs -- at Dokkrai, Nong Pla Lai and Klong Yai -- now have 205 million cubic metres of raw water on hand, capable of being delivered to the region's industries.

The announcement came as a striking turnaround from industrial complaints voiced only a few months ago that factories might have to cut production by half --or halt production altogether -- if the problem of persistent water shortages could not be solved.

For several years industrial estates in the eastern seaboard have been competing with agricultural and household users for increasingly scarce water supplies, and the expanded commercial water service is exprected to alleviate the situation.

Mr. Wanchai said his company will receive additional water from the Bangpakong River to support Chonburi users at about 50 million cubic metres annual capacity.

A water pipeline network project to divert water from the Bangpakong river is nearly complete, he said -- 95 per cent completed -- and expected to begin operating later this month.

When completed, he said, the project could enhance water distribution efficiency to respond to higher demand of both household and industrial sector users in Chonburi, Rayong and Chacherngsao in the hinterland of the coast.

East Water is confident that next year the users in the eastern provinces will not face water shortage problem, he said.

--TNA 2005-12-07

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That`s been easily sorted then.