webfact Posted July 18, 2019 Share Posted July 18, 2019 Phayao Lake water level sees a sharp drop By The Nation The water level in Kwan Phayao, or Phayao Lake, has dropped to only 19.45 per cent of its capacity because of the ongoing drought, an official said. Pramote Pingmuang, a senior engineer of the Phayao Irrigation Project, said the lake, which has a capacity of 33 million cubic metres, has seen its water level drop to 9.45 million cubic metres. He said the irrigation office has shut the watergates to preserve raw water for making tap water. Pramote said local people should minimise their use of water as the ongoing drought could further affect the lake's water level. Somchart Thamkhantha, director of the Phayao Freshwater Fishery Research and Development Office, said fishery officials were now monitoring the lake's water quality due to worries about its impact on fish in the lake. Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30373185 -- © Copyright The Nation Thailand 2019-07-18 Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking Thailand news and visa info Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ripstanley Posted July 18, 2019 Share Posted July 18, 2019 In May June 2016 the lake dropped to a very low level. Lower than it is now. The Wat in the lake which people visit by boat had to have a foot bridge erected so the tourists could visit. It was only temporary . On the western side of the lake they also excavated parts of the lake to allow greater water storage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maikidmag Posted July 18, 2019 Share Posted July 18, 2019 5 hours ago, ripstanley said: In May June 2016 the lake dropped to a very low level. Lower than it is now. The Wat in the lake which people visit by boat had to have a foot bridge erected so the tourists could visit. It was only temporary . On the western side of the lake they also excavated parts of the lake to allow greater water storage. OK, but it's almost end of July. ' shut the watergates to preserve raw water for making tap water' - this might become the main problem. For humans. And for the fish too. And then for humans again. But really interesting, we have an ' ongoing drought ' an official said. Let's hope there will be more rain the next weeks. But better not this(CCR): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDey60Hm3O8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maikidmag Posted July 18, 2019 Share Posted July 18, 2019 Older Rain. In Cascades. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardColeman Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 Good news, maybe Bangkok sinking into the ground will be delayed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richabb1 Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 ING river flows north then into Mekong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratcatcher Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 14 minutes ago, richabb1 said: ING river flows north then into Mekong https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ing_River#/media/File:Kwan-payao.jpg Phayao Lake in better, wetter times Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickudon Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 7 hours ago, tomazbodner said: Humans are capable of making oil pipelines over vast geographies, put it in ships and carry it around the World. And oil isn't even that much more expensive than water. Why can't the same be done for water? It's surely more important than oil. I will sell you water for $50 a barrel ...... Water in Thailand is about 10 baht a cubic metre There are over 6 barrels to a cubic metre That makes water about 1.6 baht a barrel (say 5 cents) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steven100 Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 The rainy season is delayed somewhat … we are not seeing any significant falls that would indicate the wet is upon us. God speed up the rain … for Christ sake ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ripstanley Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 We had good rain for 30 minutes this afternoon on the western side of the lake. Nothing in Phayao township. First rain for almost 2 weeks. We need a lot more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickudon Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 2 hours ago, tomazbodner said: Let's have this argument in 10 years. Tomaz, I would agree that water is undervalued. But the sheer economic cost of moving large quantities of water around (especially pumping it uphill) would be prohibitive. Also, there is an environmental impact (which is case dependent). Many large scale water transfer projects have been suggested, but few implemented - thankfully. I'm sure that when they dammed the rivers feeding the Aral sea, no-one thought that 40 years later the sea would have practically disappeared. A massive environmental disaster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeePeeMai Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 I've been waiting for her for so long Open the sky and let her come down Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maikidmag Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 @rickudon ' But the sheer economic cost of moving large quantities of water around (especially pumping it uphill) would be prohibitive. ' I think, for example, the Romans some years ago were able to organise this. Our society is at least a bit lazy. And stupid too. They/we don't realise the urgency of this water thing. Because it's so basic? Do we really need kindergarden kids to think about this and that each Friday? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maikidmag Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 In July 2019 in Chennai, India they ran out of water, but they don't have aqueducts, so they use trains: Btw. it's almost the same latitude as Bangkok: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maikidmag Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 On 7/19/2019 at 9:06 PM, MeePeeMai said: I've been waiting for her for so long Open the sky and let her come down Thanks, but So on YT - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajkDmWG8OAk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeePeeMai Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 Ha! Must be because I am using a VPN set to the US I'll try again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maikidmag Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 A great video, thanks to tomazbodner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ripstanley Posted July 23, 2019 Share Posted July 23, 2019 Very heavy rain this afternoon for about 45 minutes. Then lighter rain. This was on the western side of the lake and in Phayao itself. Hope we get more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ripstanley Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 The water level has increased due to the recent rains. The actual low level never reached any where near the level in 2016. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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