Enough water at reservoirs to supply EEC until June - IEAT

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Enough water at reservoirs to supply EEC until June - IEAT

By THE NATION

 

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The estimated water levels at the four main reservoirs in the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) should be adequate to last through the drought spell until June, Somjin Philuek, governor of Industrial Estate Authority of Thailand (IEAT), said.

 

The IEAT chief said the estimated level of water in the four main reservoirs supplying the EEC by the end of April was 93.9 million cubic metres, while industrial estates in the area would use around 88.5 million cubic metres. “This means we will have 13.6 million cubic metres left in these reservoirs, which should be enough until the end of the drought season in June,” she said.

 

The four reservoirs -- Dok Grai, Nong Pla Lai, Klong Yai and Prasae -- are located in Rayong province.

 

“The IEAT has employed water management strategies since early this year to make sure we have enough water to last the drought,” she added. “For example, in March we diverted 10 million cubic metres of water from Prakaed reservoir in Chanthaburi province to Prasae reservoir, as well as water from Rayong River to Nong Pla Lai reservoir at 100,000 cubic metres per day in case there were rains in Rayong areas.

 

"Meanwhile, Map Ta Phut Industrial Estate was advised to use water from Nam Hu canal at 50,000 cubic metres per day to reduce its reliance on Nong Pla Lai reservoir."

 

She said the IEAT also asked entrepreneurs in Map Ta Phut Complex, which includes Map Ta Phut Industrial Estate, WHA Industrial Estate, Asia Industrial Estate, IRL Industrial Estate and Map Ta Phut Industrial Port, to reduce their water usage by 10 per cent. “As a result, average water usage in March is at 392,205 cubic metres per day, down from 404,267 cubic metres per day in the same period of last year. Although we have not hit the 10 per cent target yet, the IEAT has asked entrepreneurs to continue their water usage reduction plan until the end of the drought season.”

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30386682

 

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[NanLaew]

To put this in layman's terms, there's only enough water for about the next 38 days and consumers can expect more frequent interruptions of indeterminate length to their water supply before it dries up altogether.

[Kerryd]

1 hour ago, NanLaew said:

To put this in layman's terms, there's only enough water for about the next 38 days and consumers can expect more frequent interruptions of indeterminate length to their water supply before it dries up altogether.

That is just for the people in the Rayong/Sattahip area. They announced a few days ago that they were pumping water out of a couple other reservoirs in Sattahip.

For the people in Pattaya and surrounding area, I think the situation is more dire. Over a week ago they announced Map Prachan reservoir was down to 5% capacity, and that's with the lock down and virtually no tourists.
The little bit of water that came with the last 2 short rainfalls won't have done much of anything to raise those levels either.

I'm sure a lot of people have their fingers crossed that the major rain storms will start "any day now" and not in June !

(And you want to bet that when the rains start, finally, all the new news will be about all the flooding that will be happening around the country !)

[marko kok prong]

So what about us in the north and north east,dry as a nuns,ooops,did get a good storm last night though.