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Experts make dire predictions as lower than average rain forecast
THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 2019
MOST OF THAILAND will face drought and water shortages this year based on both current water supplies and weather forecasts, but the Royal Irrigation Department (RID) insists that, with good management of resources, we won’t go thirsty.
No drought this year, says irrigation dept
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2019
Enough water supplies until early 2020, says RID, as it readies measures to tackle problems.
Brimming dams pose severe threat
SUNDAY, AUGUST 05, 2018
People in western provinces urged to move to higher ground as more water to be released from reservoirs.
NCPO names new chiefs for water management agencies
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2017
The chief of the Royal Irrigation Department (RID), Somkiat Prajamwong, has been named director of the newly created National Water Resources Management Office, while deputy director-general Thongplew Kongchan will take over as RID chief.
Meetings pave way for giant flood-mitigation projects
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2017
Plans and other details for new mega irrigation projects in the lower Chao Phraya River Basin are being prepared to present to the National Water Resource Committee (NWRC) under the government’s plan to solve the flood problem in the region.
Floods still a problem in 17 provinces
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2017
MORE THAN 112,800 families in 17 provinces are still affected by floods, the director-general of the Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Department, Chayapol Thitisak, said yesterday.
Chao Phraya River Basin flood situation ‘to be over by November’
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2017
The flood situation in the Chao Phraya River basin will improve by November, the Royal Irrigation Department (RID) assured yesterday.
RID boosts new Mae Wong Dam fast-tracked under junta’s Article 44
THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 2016
THE ROYAL Irrigation Department (RID) has proposed the construction of the Mae Wong dam as a partial solution to the country’s drought issue.