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Illegal mining linked to downstream pollution
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 29/08/2025
» Unregulated mining in rebel-held areas of Myanmar has emerged as a growing concern for Thailand and other neighbouring countries, prompting urgent calls for a coordinated practice of "water diplomacy" to mitigate the environmental impact on millions of downstream residents.
Silk-screen nets to filter contaminants in Kok River
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 16/08/2025
» The Department of Water Resources plans to install silk-screen nets along the Kok River to filter heavy-metal-contaminated sediment from upstream rare-earth mining activities in Myanmar.
Trouble beneath the calm surface
News, Post Reporters, Published on 06/05/2025
» Under the scorching sun, the Kok River glimmers as it winds its way through the northern provinces of Chiang Mai and Chiang Rai, before flowing into the Mekong River. Once a lifeline for local farms, fisheries, and tourism, the river is now a source of fear and uncertainty.
Klity Creek lead levels are 'on the decline'
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 18/01/2024
» The level of lead contamination in Kanchanaburi Province's Klity Creek has fallen and the affected sediment is still being cleaned up, according to the Department of Pollution Control.
Too late to save Klity Creek
News, Phnom Thano, Published on 08/03/2021
» Pollution in Klity Creek in the deep forest of Kanchanaburi has been a health and environmental threat for villagers who have relied on its water for consumption for decades. Three years ago, authorities launched a cleanup -- the first state-supervised environmental cleanup in Thailand. The second and final part of this series aims to explore how it is going.
Klity Creek lead cleanup stumbles
News, Nicha Wachpanich, Published on 28/02/2021
» Pollution in Klity Creek in the deep forest of Kanchanaburi province has been a health and environmental threat for villagers who relied for water consumption for decades. Three years ago, authorities launched a cleanup -- the first state-supervised environmental cleanup in Thailand. This series aims to explore how it is going.
Klity Creek rehab 'done by August'
News, APINYA WIPATAYOTIN and ANCHALEE KONGRUT, Published on 17/06/2020
» The Pollution Control Department (PCD) said on Tuesday that its clean-up of Klity Creek in Kanchanaburi -- which has been slammed by locals and conservationist as inadequate -- will be completed by August.
Return of lead contamination to Klity Creek prompts locals to lodge petition
News, Post Reporters, Published on 19/04/2020
» Villagers affected by lead contamination in Klity Creek in Thong Pha Phum district in Kanchanaburi have petitioned the Administrative Court to suspend the rehabilitation scheme after lead sediment was once again detected in the water.
Mining firm told to pay B6.8m damages
News, Post Reporters, Published on 09/05/2018
» Lead Concentrates Co has been ordered to pay 6.8 million baht in compensation to the Pollution Control Department (PCD) for releasing lead waste into the already-contaminated Klity Creek in Kanchanaburi, causing damage to people's health.
PCD under fire over 'slow' clean-up effort
News, Piyarach Chongcharoen, Published on 10/04/2018
» The Pollution Control Department (PCD) has been accused of dragging its feet in cleaning up the heavily polluted Klity Creek in Kanchanaburi, still unfinished after a Supreme Administrative Court order five years ago.