Songkran revelers will have enough water to celebrate the occasion

[Rayk]

How can a goverment be so stupid to let this go on

How can some posters be so stupid as to ignore what has been announced?

There is enough water to cope with Songkran and the amount of extra water that the celebration uses is not as much as the doom-mongers here like to suggest with their complete lack of knowledge of what is available.

Tell that to the doom-mongers who haven't had water for weeks or even months already in the Northern provinces and are relying on water trucks to bring them water, or the doom-mongers who have recently had to resort to going to the local fire station in order to get water. But no doubt you live in Bangkok where everthing is just hunky dorry.

The MWA estimates that watersplashing during the Songkran festival in the capital and its vicinities will add another 100,000 cubic metres to daily demand.

For the sake of comparison, that amount of water would need 8,333 12-tonne trucks for storage. If those 8,333 trucks were lined up, the total length would be 100km - the distance from Bangkok to Sara Buri province.

Who am I to doubt the MWA figures for water consumption given their history of wild guesses! I would think 100k m3 to be way on the high side?

Given that on average rice needs approx 1,432 liters to produce one kg, even with the worst estimate above of the "wasted" water, it would produce a mere 70,000 kg of rice, how much is still stock pilled in the warehouses?

I say let people have their fun and celebrate!

Well, considering farmers are currently forbidden from planting rice due to the severe drought your post really has no relevance.

[55Jay]

How can a goverment be so stupid to let this go on

How can some posters be so stupid as to ignore what has been announced?

There is enough water to cope with Songkran and the amount of extra water that the celebration uses is not as much as the doom-mongers here like to suggest with their complete lack of knowledge of what is available.

The contradictory nature of the announcement alongside "conserve water", is what's being questioned.

The underlying lack of confidence in the government's short/long term planning, decision making and enforcement skills, and lacking sense of individual social responsibility, is supported by historical precedent.

Wasting water on Songkran may not drain the lake but on its face, given the concurrent "conserve water" announcements, it is NOT a necessary, prudent, logical, or socially responsible thing to do with the remaining water resource.

If things don't work out in July like the Water and Met Office hopes they will, we may revisit who the "stupid posters" were back in April. No offense intended to you personally.