More water discharged downstream from Chao Phraya dam

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More water discharged downstream from Chao Phraya dam

 

 

BANGKOK: -- The Royal Irrigation Department has started increasing the amount of water discharged from the Chao Phraya dam from 80 cubic metres/second to 120 cubic metres/second into the Chao Phraya river in anticipation of the arrival of northern runoffs.

 

Mr Suthep Noipairote, the department head, said on Monday that the increased discharge of water through the sluice gates would slightly overflow the banks of Plongpleng canal.

 

As more rains are expected this week in the northern region, he said there is a good chance that the water level of major dams in the North which include Bhumibol, Sirikit, Kwae Noi and Pasak will increase.

 

Full story: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/water-discharged-downstream-chao-phraya-dam/

 

-- © Copyright Thai PBS 2016-09-06

[jamesbrock]

Um... 

[Lupatria]

...and the credit goes to our heroic cloud seeding teams and the fortune teller who predicted another drought.

[MaiDong]

What does this mean for Bangkok? I've googled Plongpleng canal and found no results, so I've got no idea where this is.

[ratcatcher]

39 minutes ago, MaiDong said:

What does this mean for Bangkok? I've googled Plongpleng canal and found no results, so I've got no idea where this is.

It means more water is being released from behind the Chao Phraya dam at Chainat and that will presumably raise the level of the CP river flowing through the capital.

I cannot locate Plongpleng klong/canal either.

[MaiDong]

Hmmm, I just wonder if we should start building a wall outside the front of our house again, this story needs a bit more detail...

 

 

[MaiDong]

"Mr Suthep Noipairote, the department head, said on Monday that the increased discharge of water through the sluice gates would slightly overflow the banks of Plongpleng canal."

 

"As more rains are expected this week in the northern region, he said there is a good chance that the water level of major dams in the North which include Bhumibol, Sirikit, Kwae Noi and Pasak will increase."

 

"Mr Suthep said rainmaking aircraft fleet based at Hua Hin had been moved to bases in Tak and Chiang Mai to step up rainmaking efforts with an anticipation to add up another 800 million cubic metres into the northern dams."

 

Am I missing something here? I haven't long been awake but this doesn't make an awful lot of sense.

[ratcatcher]

1 minute ago, MaiDong said:

"Mr Suthep Noipairote, the department head, said on Monday that the increased discharge of water through the sluice gates would slightly overflow the banks of Plongpleng canal."

 

"As more rains are expected this week in the northern region, he said there is a good chance that the water level of major dams in the North which include Bhumibol, Sirikit, Kwae Noi and Pasak will increase."

 

"Mr Suthep said rainmaking aircraft fleet based at Hua Hin had been moved to bases in Tak and Chiang Mai to step up rainmaking efforts with an anticipation to add up another 800 million cubic metres into the northern dams."

 

Am I missing something here? I haven't long been awake but this doesn't make an awful lot of sense.

Can you be more specific as to what you do not understand?

If the northern dams can be given extra assistance (cloud-seeding) even though the north has already had a fair amount of rain, and in some areas, flooding, there will be more stored water behind these major dams for irrigation and consumption during next year's dry season.

[MaiDong]

Are they making more rain to simply release it into the CP river?

[MaiDong]

Because I can't work out the location of the 'Plongpleng canal', I'm a little confused.

[MaiDong]

7 minutes ago, ratcatcher said:

Can you be more specific as to what you do not understand?

If the northern dams can be given extra assistance (cloud-seeding) even though the north has already had a fair amount of rain, and in some areas, flooding, there will be more stored water behind these major dams for irrigation and consumption during next year's dry season.

 

Why do the northern dams need more assistance if sluice gates are being opened to release water due to flooding/overflowing?

 

Am I thinking too much? Better I go back to snoozing?

[ratcatcher]

Just now, MaiDong said:

 

Why do the northern dams need more assistance if sluice gates are being opened to release water due to flooding/overflowing?

 

Am I thinking too much? Better I go back to snoozing?

The Chao Phraya river starts in Nakhon Sawan province at the confluence of the Ping & Nan rivers. These two rivers flow out of the Bhumibol  (Tak) & Sirikit  (Nan) dams respectively. Creating rain in the far north helps fill the two royal dams. Releasing water at Chainat dam helps keep the Ping & Nan at reasonable levels. Tink too mutt is good.

Have a coffee.

[MaiDong]

My knowledge of northern Thailand geography is lacking, obviously, a diagram would be fab!

[ratcatcher]

5 minutes ago, MaiDong said:

My knowledge of northern Thailand geography is lacking, obviously, a diagram would be fab!

https://www.google.com/earth/download/ge/agree.html

[MaiDong]

Got it already thanks.

[ratcatcher]

1 minute ago, MaiDong said:

Got it already thanks.

Dam good thing then eh?