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6.2 billion baht approved for a reservoir project in Nan Province

January 17, 2023
by Nad Bunnag
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The Thai cabinet has approved 6.2 billion baht for the Royal Irrigation Department to build a reservoir in Tha Wang Pha district of the northern province of Nan. Deputy Government…

Camping on islets, near reservoir banned at Thailand’s Sri Nakarin Dam National Park

January 5, 2022
by administrator
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The Sri Nakarin Dam National Park, in the western Thai province of Kanchanaburi, has banned camping on the banks of the park’s reservoir and on islets inside after it was…

Flood woes caused by dam overflow in Suphan Buri province

October 18, 2021
by Nad Bunnag
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Many households and low-lying areas located along the Tha Chin River, in Thailand’s central province of Suphan Buri, are submerged after excess water overflowed the spillways of the Krasiao Dam…

Thailand’s 20 major dams, reservoirs are in danger of overflowing

October 15, 2021
by Nad Bunnag
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Irrigation officials have been advised by Thailand’s Office of the National Water Command Centre (NWCC) to manage the discharge of excess water from Thailand’s 20 major dams and reservoirs properly,…

Women row a boat with their dog through floodwaters in a neighbourhood in Ayutthaya. This was last year when there were no electoral complications involved. But the time was ominously in October and scores of provinces were suffering. Jack TAYLOR / AFP

Successive storms may cause floods in parts of central Thailand this week

October 11, 2021
by Mintra Adair
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People living downstream of Pasak Jolasid Dam in Ang Thong, Lop Buri, Saraburi, Suphan Buri, Pathum Thani, Nonthaburi and Ayutthaya have been warned to brace for flooding as an indirect…

Residents in 6 northeastern Thai provinces warned to prepare forevacuation as Chi river rises

October 4, 2021
by Nad Bunnag
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Thailand’s National Water Directorate has issued an advisory,for riverside residents living in 28 districts in six north-eastern provinces, to move their valuables to higher ground and be ready for evacuation…

Construction of controversial Yuam River diversion project approved

September 15, 2021
by Kitipat Chuensukjit
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Approval was granted today (Wednesday) for the construction of the controversial 70-billion-baht long Yuam River diversion project when the National Environment Board (NEB) gave the go-ahead for the crucial environmental…

Over 50 houses submerged after reservoir levee fails in Nakhon Ratchasima

October 18, 2020
by Kitipat Chuensukjit
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More than 50 houses, in a small village in Pak Thong Chai district of Thailand’s northeastern province of Nakhon Ratchasima, are partially under water today after a wall of water…

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High tides this week threaten tap water quality in Bangkok and suburbs

January 6, 2020
by Kitipat Chuensukjit
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Tides are forecast to peak between January 8th and 15th, which may increase the salinity of tap water in Bangkok and its suburbs, according to Mr. Somkiat Prajamwong, secretary-general of…

Reservoir in Chachoengsao contaminated with heavy metals

September 24, 2019
by Tanadatet
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People living around a small reservoir in Khao Hin Sorn district of Thailand’s eastern province of Chachoengsao have been told to stop using water from the reservoir after it was…

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