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Mekong water level rising steadily
Water in the Mekong river in this northeastern border province is rising steadily by about 60-70 centimetres per day, pushing up the water level to about 7 metres, or about 6m below the spill-over point on the river bank, local media reported.Keep reading ...
Pattanapong Sripiachai
Dam tests spark crisis
Thailand has asked the Lao government to suspend the test run of the Xayaburi dam, in order to curb the worsening drought that has hit provinces along the Mekong River.The Office of the National Water Resources (ONWR) yesterday revealed that it submitted an official letter ...
Apinya Wipatayotin
Govt speeding up drought relief work
The Royal Irrigation Department (RID) is speeding up efforts to mitigate the impacts of the looming drought after water levels in several major reservoirs fell below the levels of last year.Eighteen major reservoirs are holding less than 30% of their storage capacity including Pasak Jolasid ...
Bangkok Post Reporter
Mekong water level lowest in 10 years
The water level in the Mekong river is the lowest level in 10 years, according to local media reports.The water level, 2.60m, is about 10 metres below the spill-over point on the Mekong river bank, which is 13m high. In the same period last year, ...
Pattanapong Sripiachai
Govt sits idly by as China churns up the Mekong
Recently, a coalition of civil society groups, which has monitored development on and along the Mekong River, issued a frightening statement. Fluctuations of river flows during the past three decades have been at record highs, they said.That is a big deal for people whose livelihoods ...
Nauvarat Suksamran
Rising Mekong No Cause for Alarm: Engineer
A state engineer Thursday (Jan, 17) dismissed panicked reports in the media and online that the Mekong River is about to flood.Water released upriver from Thailand by a Chinese dam has caused levels to rise downriver between Thailand and Laos, but despite local news and ...
Asaree Thaitrakulpanich
Mekong returning to normal as water level rises
CHIANG RAI – Small freight vessels and passenger cruises have resumed services after the water level rose above two metres on a stretch of the Mekong River in Chiang Saen district yesterday, according to the provincial office.Cargo and cruise vessels plying the international river were ...
