Chao Phraya Dam discharge level reduced

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BANGKOK: -- OFFICIALS have lowered the amount of water being discharged from Chao Phraya Dam after upstream flooding decreased despite predictions of more rain across the country this week.

 

Royal Irrigation Department (RID) deputy director-general Thongplew Kongjun said yesterday that due to a drop in upstream flooding in Nakhon Sawan province, the department cut the water discharge from the Chao Phraya Dam in Chainat province.

The move was done to mitigate the flood situation in downstream areas and divert water into water-retention areas on both sides of the river.

 

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......whatever....just keep the tourists coming.....

Those retention areas include thousands of homes, never mind.