WATER EXPERTS have welcomed the appointment of Somkiat Prajamwong, director-general of the Royal Irrigation Department (RID), as the new director of the National Water Resources Management.

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.