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Locals urged to store rainwater
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 28/05/2020
» The Department of Water Resources (DWR) is urging people in the kingdom's northeastern provinces to prepare containers to capture rainwater after a study showed it is safe to drink after being boiled.
Taps on eastern seaboard 'won't run dry', says Prawit
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 19/03/2020
» The government has assured households on the eastern seaboard that their taps will not run dry over coming months.
Panel green lights new scheme to boost tap water capacity
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 17/03/2020
» A panel under the National Water Resource Committee has approved the latest proposal to increase tap water capacity in five provinces as part of efforts to better manage water as drought spreads across the country.
Northeastern folk voice fears over new Mekong dam
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 26/02/2020
» LOEI: Unseasonal drought, floods and the negative impact of hydropower projects on the Mekong River's ecology were major concerns raised by residents of northeastern provinces at a public hearing on the Luang Prabang Dam on Tuesday.
Govt set to help drought-hit farmers
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 11/01/2020
» The Royal Irrigation Department (RID) will have to turn on its taps to provide water to farmers who defied warnings regarding water shortages, according to Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon.
Two major dams to release more water
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 08/01/2020
» The Royal Irrigation Department (RID) will on Wednesday start releasing more water from two major dams in the Central region to stop the intrusion of seawater in Bangkok and its vicinity.
Diversion to keep salinity in check
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 24/12/2019
» Agriculture and Cooperatives Minister Chalermchai Sri-on has ordered the Royal Irrigation Department to install more pumps to divert freshwater from the Mae Klong River into the Chao Phraya River to hold back seawater, as rice growers ignore instructions to stop off-season cultivation.
Urgent pumping ordered to divert water to Chao Phraya Dam
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 23/12/2019
» Agriculture and Cooperatives Minister Chalermchai Sri-on has ordered the Royal Irrigation Department to install more pumps to divert freshwater from the Mae Klong River to the Chao Phraya River, to hold back seawater, as rice growers ignore instructions to stop off-season cultivation.
The gift that keeps on giving
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 13/10/2019
» Three years after the passing of His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej The Great, one of his legacies, artificial rainmaking, remains a solution that Thailand can depend on to tackle the problem of air pollution and climate change-induced drought.
Low water levels to last until 2020
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 31/08/2019
» The country is likely to face severe water shortages until next year after Tropical Storm Podul failed to deposit enough rainwater to replenish major dams in the central and northern regions, a water management official says.