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No serious drought this year, vows RID
News, Post Reporters, Published on 12/01/2018
» The Royal Irrigation Department (RID) yesterday assured Thais will not face severe drought this year as water supplies in 35 catchments nationwide are adequate.
Two decades needed to fix water woes
News, Post Reporters, Published on 03/02/2018
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has ordered officials to double the time frame for the country's water management master plan to 20 years, according to one of his deputies, Gen Chatchai Sarikulya.
River diversion raises concern
News, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 26/02/2018
» Conservationists have raised concern that the state's 40 billion plan to divert water from the Salween River's tributaries into the Chao Phraya River is not economically viable and will be detrimental to the environment.
Drought preparations get under way early
News, Post Reporters, Published on 04/03/2018
» Water management units are up and running in seven major provinces in an operation to preserve the amount of water available for consumption and irrigation despite plentiful reserves in most reservoirs nationwide, government spokesman Sansern Kaewkamnerd said.
Is the capital's weather forecast soaked in gloom?
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 04/03/2018
» Heavy rainfall unseasonably battering Bangkok over the past two months has residents concerned. Will the storms only get worse with rising global temperatures?
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.
Make it rain! Forced downpours keep reservoirs fed
News, Post reporters, Published on 22/03/2018
» Artificial rain-making operations are under way to add water to key reservoirs in major provinces in the Northeast, the East and the upper South, according to the Department of Royal Rain Making and Agricultural Aviation.
Drought preparations in full swing
News, Post Reporters, Published on 03/04/2018
» Five government and state enterprise agencies have joined hands in combating drought expected to strike the country over the next six months.
Water authority to seek B150bn for new projects
News, Post Reporters, Published on 28/04/2018
» The Office of the National Water Resources (ONWR) is seeking a 150-billion-baht budget to fund 13 major water management projects over five years starting later this year, the office's secretary-general said on Friday.
As floods loom, control plan ordered
News, Post Reporters, Published on 04/05/2018
» Deputy Prime Minister Chatchai Sarikulya Thursday ordered relevant agencies to devise preventive measures against flooding which will be proposed to the prime minister this month.