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Bio-cement to tackle soil salinity in NE
News, Chairith Yonpiam, Published on 07/10/2024
» King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi (KMUTT) has joined hands with the Royal Irrigation Department (RID) in a project to tackle agricultural challenges caused by soil salinity in the Northeast using bio-cement.
New dam to address Northeast drought
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 23/02/2021
» CHAIYAPHUM: The Royal Irrigation Department (RID) is building the Lam Nam Chi reservoir in Ban Khwao district of this northeastern province to help alleviate the chronic water shortage in the kingdom's northeastern region.
Mother accused of assaulting her son
News, Published on 10/02/2021
» Student unrest: At least a hundred Ratsadon group protesters gathered at Pathumwan intersection in the capital yesterday evening after the Criminal Court denied bail to four of their key members charged with lese majeste.
Salty water needs a fix
News, Editorial, Published on 09/02/2021
» From being an occasional problem, high levels of saline recorded in public tap water, a phenomenon linked with a number of health risks, looks set to become a permanent fixture for most of Bangkok and nearby provinces over the coming months and years.
Panel told tap water 'too salty' to be safe
News, Post Reporters, Published on 04/02/2021
» Thailand is urgently tackling a saltwater intrusion problem after the amount of sodium in tap water exceeded the standard level.
Barrage projects divide opinion
News, Apinya Wipatayotin & Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 08/09/2020
» The Office of National Water Resources (ONWR) is going to submit the environmental impact assessment (EIA) on two controversial barrages to be built on the Songkhram River, known as one of few pristine rivers in the country, and home to wetland recently registered by Unesco.
Water to be diverted into Chao Phraya
News, Post Reporters, Published on 21/03/2020
» The National Water Resource Committee has approved a plan to divert more water from the Mae Klong River into the Chao Phraya to reduce salinity and maintain the quality of raw water for tap water production.
Provinces ordered to 'dig for water'
News, Post Reporters, Published on 15/01/2020
» All 76 provinces across the country have been ordered to begin khut din laek nam (digging for water) as part of urgent state measures to fight a drought which has already parched 18 provinces.
Some solutions to city's water crisis
News, Eduardo Araral, Published on 15/01/2020
» The looming water crisis in Bangkok -- driven by prolonged drought and worsening salinity in the Chao Phraya River -- has raised questions of what should be done. Research from the Institute of Water Policy at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy in Singapore points to two broad approaches -- supply side and demand side solutions -- and a dozen practical measures.
PM's blunders are a laughing matter no more
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 14/01/2020
» The tap water tastes salty? Boil it, Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha advised the nation.