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Farmers urged to save water
News, Post Reporters, Published on 05/03/2018
» The Royal Irrigation Department (RID) has advised farmers who rely solely on irrigated water not to grow off-season rice to maintain water supplies in case a drought strikes later in the year.
Children 'need water survival skills'
News, Post Reporters, Published on 14/03/2018
» Children are being warned to swim carefully and work on their water survival skills as schools break for summer and Thailand enters the period every year when most children die from drowning deaths.
Tainted water kills 5 Cambodians
Published on 05/05/2018
» PHNOM PENH: At least five Cambodians have died, apparently from drinking herbicide-tainted water, according to police in the eastern province of Kratie.
Govt asks neighbours for water
News, Wassana Nanuam, Published on 25/07/2019
» The government has asked China, Laos and Myanmar to release more water into rivers to help relieve worsening drought conditions in Thailand, and Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha says they are cooperating.
Mekong water level rising steadily
Published on 18/08/2019
» NAKHON PHANOM: Water in the Mekong river in this northeastern border province is rising steadily by about 60-70 centimetres per day, pushing up the water level to about 7 metres, or about 6m below the spill-over point on the river bank, local media reported.
12 provinces remain under water
Post Reporters, Published on 06/09/2019
» Twelve provinces, mostly in the Northeast, remained flooded on Friday, with Ubon Ratchathani receiving overwhelming water from other provinces before it flowed into the Mekong River.
Cabinet approves water command centre
News, Post Reporters, Published on 06/01/2020
» The cabinet is expected to approve the formation of a water management command centre on Tuesday, spokeswoman Narumon Pinyosinsawat said on Sunday.
Blood is thicker than water
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 12/11/2018
» The year 1998 was annus horribilis for a family in Chumphon province. On the night of Dec 5, Prasit Sae-ue, the sole breadwinner of the family was killed while his wife was pregnant with their son.
B417bn bill for water management
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 18/03/2019
» State water management agencies will ask the next government for 417 billion baht to improve water management in the Chao Phraya River basin.
Singha pumps up water output
Business, Pitsinee Jitpleecheep, Published on 20/03/2019
» Singha Corporation Co, the marketer of Singha drinking water, is raising its production capacity and preparing space to stock more water to cope with the anticipated drought in Thailand this year.