Phuket reservoir dredged to prepare for dry season

Phuket Gazette

 

          

The 15-million-baht project is expected to be complete next month. Photo: Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

PHUKET: -- Royal Thai Army officials on Tuesday visited a dredging site at Suan Luang reservoir, where a project to increase the water retention capacity in preparation for the dry season has been underway since December last year. 

The team was welcomed on site by Phuket City Mayor Somjai Suwansupana and other relevant officers. 

“This project has been implemented by the government to prepare against drought. The reason that we choose the Suan Luang resevoir is that it has been getting narrower over time and its water retention capacity is diminishing,” said Maj Gen Watphat Fuangfoo, deputy chief of the Military Engineering Department.

 

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Great work. Finally some forward planning and execution. Well done.

22 hours ago, webfact said:

The reason that we choose the Suan Luang resevoir is that it has been getting narrower over time and its water retention capacity is diminishing,” said Maj Gen Watphat Fuangfoo, deputy chief of the Military Engineering Department.

From the sounds of things there are others in need of repair as well.