Academic suggests terracing method for water management in Central Plain

 

BANGKOK, 24 April 2017 (NNT) - Director of the Hydro and Agro Informatics Institute Royol Chitradon has suggested the government manage rice cultivation in the central region with the terracing method in order to save more water. 

Mr. Royal said water management by the Royal Irrigation Department this year was better. However, the average water level of the Bhumibol Dam was very low and it would take three years until the water level was considered normal, said the director. 

Mr. Royal added that water should be stored in farmers' land and downplayed dam construction. 

As for the terracing method, the director said it was suitable for the central region, particularly the areas surrounding Ayutthaya and Suphan Buri provinces.

 

-- nnt 2017-04-24

I was always under the impression that terracing was used where the terrain was hilly or mountainous. Do sSuphanburi and ayuttaya fit those descriptions?

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=terracing+for+rice+cultivation&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiVpdvw4rvTAhXFO48KHe_zDRsQ_AUIBigB&biw=1366&bih=638

7 minutes ago, ratcatcher said:

I was always under the impression that terracing was used where the terrain was hilly or mountainous. Do sSuphanburi and ayuttaya fit those descriptions?

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=terracing+for+rice+cultivation&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiVpdvw4rvTAhXFO48KHe_zDRsQ_AUIBigB&biw=1366&bih=638

Do not ask difficult questions and you should also  be aware that Thailand is the hub of terracing. 

Can we find way of Managing Academics first. Unwanted National Embarrassment.?


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All that is needed is to bring in some hills and then terrace them.

 

A rice paddy is by nature a type of terrace, the amount of dykes determined by the slope of the land. In flat areas you only need one dyke.

44 minutes ago, canuckamuck said:

All that is needed is to bring in some hills and then terrace them.

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Exactly, , shouldn't be a problem then, sounds like a fairly practical approach ...

Well >academic< says it about all, especially in connection with this here place ... 

after watching them install storm drains in the street in front of my house, I can tell you Thais are not on the same page as to which way water flows.

30 minutes ago, NCC1701A said:

after watching them install storm drains in the street in front of my house, I can tell you Thais are not on the same page as to which way water flows.

Correct, my quick description of Thailand sum's it up with "the floor drain must always be located at the highest point" 

Visit the Phra Ram IX area in Bangkok when it rains. Although this is brand new and slated to be the new CBD for Bangkok, the roads are awash with puddles where the tarmac has not been laid properly, the drains are ineffective and the footways have the same unevenness and broken surfaces as everywhere else older in the city. The surrounding khlongs are filthy and smelly 

 

The front entrances to the buildings have lovely steps and foyers, as this shows face. But there are few ramps for wheelchairs and pushchairs, and those there are are steeply angled. Come up from the MRT station escalator outside Robinsons store and there are only steps down followed by steps up to the front of the store. The footpaths are still obstructed with utility posts and advertising hoardings, have motorcyclists driving on them, and are not designed to protect pedestrians by separating them from the traffic.

 

Until some common sense and thoughtful design and construction is undertaken in Thailand, it will continue to flood, have congested roads and cities, and remain firmly in the third world.

13 minutes ago, Classic Ray said:

Visit the Phra Ram IX area in Bangkok when it rains. Although this is brand new and slated to be the new CBD for Bangkok, the roads are awash with puddles where the tarmac has not been laid properly, the drains are ineffective and the footways have the same unevenness and broken surfaces as everywhere else older in the city. The surrounding khlongs are filthy and smelly 

 

The front entrances to the buildings have lovely steps and foyers, as this shows face. But there are few ramps for wheelchairs and pushchairs, and those there are are steeply angled. Come up from the MRT station escalator outside Robinsons store and there are only steps down followed by steps up to the front of the store. The footpaths are still obstructed with utility posts and advertising hoardings, have motorcyclists driving on them, and are not designed to protect pedestrians by separating them from the traffic.

 

Until some common sense and thoughtful design and construction is undertaken in Thailand, it will continue to flood, have congested roads and cities, and remain firmly in the third world.

It's way off topic, but correct. 

Correct, my quick description of Thailand sum's it up with "the floor drain must always be located at the highest point" 

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He's just returned from a family holiday on Bali and thought 'Wow, that could work on Thailand's rice plains' 0.o

4 hours ago, NCC1701A said:

after watching them install storm drains in the street in front of my house, I can tell you Thais are not on the same page as to which way water flows.

Did it defy logic or gravity or both??

I just love his prediction that in 3 years the dam would be full again. Wonder how he does in the stock market I could use a little help. 

56 minutes ago, dageurreotype said:

He's just returned from a family holiday on Bali and thought 'Wow, that could work on Thailand's rice plains' 0.o

As the song says to much Bali "high"?

1 hour ago, Ace of Pop said:

. Absolutely Correct.



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Uplifting

Probably an idea that evolved from the reason why places like Koh Samui and Pattaya floods.

 

Terracing and the lack of adequate drainage into the sea.

How much water was wasted during Songkhran!?

Unbelievable!

It's a fact that Thai farming methods are below normal methods of practice.

They know all and all they know is what they think is right!

What ever... T. I. T

7 hours ago, canuckamuck said:

All that is needed is to bring in some hills and then terrace them.

Aye, I think he mixed the words as well...

 

He is planning in terra-forming the central plains