PM's Office says there is enough water for summer

[webfact]

PM's Office says there is enough water for summer

 

BANGKOK, 13th March 2017 (NNT)-The Prime Minister's Office has assured Thais there will be enough water for home consumption throughout the summer. 

According to the Prime Minister’s Office, the government instructed the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives to begin its anti-drought measures in order to avoid a drought crisis. The PM’s Office believes water shortages will not be severe this year due to last year’s rain. 

Thirty-four major dams and reservoirs currently contain a sufficient water to get the entire country through the dry period. There is an estimated 20 billion cubic meters of water suitable for household consumption this year. It has increased from a year before by 8 billion cubic meters of water. 

The Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives also launched its first artificial rainmaking operation earlier this month to ease a smog crisis in the North and raise the water levels in major dams while the second round is set to begin in June. 

The ministry will also implement 29 projects aimed at mitigating the effects of drought nationwide. The Thai government continues to urge farmers to either use water wisely or diversify their crops in order to lower their dependence on water.

 

-- nnt 2017-03-13

[jollyhangmon]

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[debate101]

God damn it. Better start filling buckets...

[colinneil]

Keep calm everybody. The PM says enough water, so dont panic    

Keep em coming, i love a good laugh.

[55Jay]

 Thailand is 1 dry season away from major drought again.  Scraped through the last one by the skin of their teeth, and you know it's bad when the untouchables in the magic kingdom of BKK, were told to conserve water.   Meanwhile, in the rest of Thailand.....

[Krataiboy]

3 hours ago, debate101 said:

God damn it. Better start filling buckets...

. . . and get the boss to cancel those compulsory lunchtime workouts at Government House which caused so many to have such an unhealthy thirst (not to mention the odd heart attack)..

[edwinchester]

Not in our village....been no water for 2 weeks now.

[williamgeorgeallen]

12 minutes ago, edwinchester said:

Not in our village....been no water for 2 weeks now.

dont think he was talking about your village. or the rest of esan. think he was talking about bangkok.

[Redline]

Unfortunately, they forgot to take into account evaporation.  OOPS!

[Happyman58]

Come on guys the PM says there is enough water why dont you believe him?

[55Jay]

On 3/13/2017 at 9:52 AM, webfact said:

The ministry will also implement 29 projects aimed at mitigating the effects of drought nationwide.

Last year, one of the projects was called "Songkran". 

[chainarong]

I interpret that as there's plenty of water at the Prime Ministers Office.................................................

[Nigeone]

I'm sure there is enough water if looked as a volume. Sadly it's not spread across the country though is it ! I'm sure they will be drought in many areas in a few months and also wouldn't trust their long distance forecasts!. As for this flawed brain making policy. Only maybe works doesn't it if tgeres rain around to start with .