Groundwater Resources Dept constructs over 4,000 artesian wells for villagers nationwide

BANGKOK, 12 July 2016 (NNT) – The Department of Groundwater Resources has constructed over 4,000 artesian wells to help 338,600 households naitonwide.

Acting Groundwater Resources Department Director General Worasart Aphaiphong said that the agency has implemented the project to build 6,922 artesian wells nationwide, 4,132 of which have already been completed.

In addition to another 1,317 wells, the construction of which is currently underway, those artesian wells will benefit over 197,400 rai of farmland and over 338,600 households of villagers throughout the country.

The department also provided villagers with 21.7 million liters of water during drought season and sent staff to help maintain water supply systems and pumps.
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-- NNT 2016-07-13

One can only hope all goes "well" with this plan, and they don't become too dependant on ground water.

Such things as agricultural run-off, coastal aquaculture, industrial effluents and domestic sewage can have a dramatic impact on the quality of this source of water.

Another potential problem could be over-exploitation of the resource beyond sustainable yield levels - unless the department has the policies in place to ensure proper management and water-quality monitoring.

So who hired the artesians to dig these wells?

waldroj, on 13 Jul 2016 - 11:35, said:

One can only hope all goes "well" with this plan, and they don't become too dependant on ground water.

Such things as agricultural run-off, coastal aquaculture, industrial effluents and domestic sewage can have a dramatic impact on the quality of this source of water.

Another potential problem could be over-exploitation of the resource beyond sustainable yield levels - unless the department has the policies in place to ensure proper management and water-quality monitoring.

Nahha... they dig them first to counter a huge demand for fresh water and da hell with the consequences

when a giant sinkholes will appear swallowing a whole village that they will ask? who's responsible

here? and as usual, there will no one rising their hands.....

It would be interesting to know what effect the pumping of millions of litres of ground water out from the ground. I am sure there will be some geological problems caused but would not know what. And I don't expect anyone has really tried to find out.

I doubt that they are Artesian wells. Artesian wells flow without being pumped. Just bog standard boreholes, i expect.