Farmers told to depend on rains for rice farming this year



BANGKOK: -- Farmers in the Chao Phraya river basin were told to rely on rains as the source of water for the cultivation of their main crops because there is no water for farming from the four main dams.

The Royal Irrigation Department reported that there are only 8 percent of usable water left in the Sirikit, Bhumibol, Kwae Noi Bamrungdaen and Pasak Chonlasit which will be used mainly for consumption and conservation of ecology until July.

Meanwhile, the Meteorological Department anticipated that the rainy season would start in the third week of May. However, rains might stop in June until July but the Royal Irrigation Department has taken steps to try to supply water for rice farming but to a certain extent only due to water shortage in the main dams.

The Royal Irrigation Department needs to store more water in the dams to cope with the arrival of dry season at the end of the year.

Source: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/content/162008


-- Thai PBS 2016-05-04

Pasak Chonlasit dam now has more water in than it has had in the past 4 years at this time of the year. Amazing considering how little they had at the end of the last rainy season. It looks as if someone has finally leaned to plan ahead.

conservation of ecology? = Junta owned Golf courses ?

so there may be a week of rain at the end of the month,then nothing or very little in June,until July,would it not be better to say significant rain is not expected until July?

no water for farming from the four main dams

How odd.

By July 2015 artificial rainmaking operations had successfully brought artificial rain to Bhumibol and Sirikit Dams.

From March 1 to April 21, the rainmaking centers in Chiang Mai (ie., Bhumibol dam) and Phitsanulok (ie., Sirikit dam) again conducted rainmaking flights throughout the course of 19 days, with 17 days yielding rain in the northern and central regions.

And the result is no water for farming?

Maybe it's time to rethink use of resources for artificial rainmaking in a more meaningful way.

no water for farming from the four main dams

How odd.

By July 2015 artificial rainmaking operations had successfully brought artificial rain to Bhumibol and Sirikit Dams.

From March 1 to April 21, the rainmaking centers in Chiang Mai (ie., Bhumibol dam) and Phitsanulok (ie., Sirikit dam) again conducted rainmaking flights throughout the course of 19 days, with 17 days yielding rain in the northern and central regions.

And the result is no water for farming?

Maybe it's time to rethink use of resources for artificial rainmaking in a more meaningful way.

Maybe it is time for you to do a little research instead of posting out of date and inaccurate information.

You give no data or any link to enable anyone to check and I suspect that you have little idea of what you are talking about. Try harder next time.

Your quote is from July 2015 some 9 months ago.

All I did was a simple search on Google asking the current water levels of the Bhumibol dam.

Try looking here at the state of the dams water level as of this morning 05 May 2016.

http://www.thaiwater.net/web/index.php/en.html