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John [Visitor] — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 10:46:21 +0000

Permaculture and working with - not against nature is the only solution.

Take a look on You Tube.

Geoff Lawton has many videos on Permaculture worth watching, however two that most illustrate my point are:

" Greening the Desert "

" Permaculture Water Harvesting "

There are already several permaculture projects working well in Thailand.

The Panya Project for example in Chang Mai has a 2 million litre dam and an education program for the local community on Permaculture principals.

Anyway just my humble opinion.

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J C Wilcox [Visitor] — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:31:05 +0000

Once again as with forest encroachment and in fact most of the problems with which we are faced to day, the cause is due to an ever-increasing demand on space and resources which are all limited and in fact finite.

An ever-increasing demand requires an ever-increasing supply and that is simply not possible.

Our problem is demand. An exponentially increasing human population creates a correponding increase in demand.

It is predicted that the world population may reach 10 billion by the middle of this century from 7 billion currently - then what?

The demand for rice will increase and therefore the demand for water will increase but the demands cannot be met now let alone with a 45% increase in demand. Urgently applied birth control is the only solution but people will not accept this so their grand children will face starvation.

Before people have children they should think of their children and subsequent grand children, not only of their own desires. Having more than one child is selfishness.

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Nam fon [Visitor] — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:52:54 +0000

What Thailand needs is better water infrastructure. It needs more water storage areas (reservoirs etc) and a national water grid so water can be transported more easily into needy areas. Collecting excess water in the rainy season would not only help prevent ruined crops, it would also allow more water for use in the dry season.

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Dr. Frans B. Roos, PHD [Visitor] — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 00:49:40 +0000

Dr. Frans B. Roos, Ph.D.
Condo home E-2, 276/25 Moo 4, Beung, Sriracha, Chonburi 20230, Thailand
N/S Twrs. Cntrl. Cty. 1092/72 Bangna-Trad, km-3, Bangkok 10260, Thailand
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Hi Veera, I see your are still on the job, haven’t emailed with you for a few years.
As for the water problem, and for that matter, all other problems created by the unconsidered human race we don't need policies from the moment people swing their legs out of bed until they swing their legs back into bed? We need CONCERNED people.
Years ago when I become involved with education having the foolish idea, like Lenin and Trotsky, that education would improve the human race, well fifty years later it is now a proven fact that education has not been the answer. The problem lays with that you can educate people all you want but they do not bring into practice what they have been educated in. I.e. water saving. Where I live there are 112- homes each having 4-toilets. The toilets have two water levels 9-liter and 13-liter. In my home the water level is adjusted at 9-liter, saving 4-liter on each and every toilet flushing. I have used over-and-over my home to educate the maintenance personnel to adjust the toilets at 9-liter. The only home after many years of harping and finally giving up to get the maintenance people to do what I did instruct, my home is the ONLY home where you find the toilet water level at 9-liter. And so I can go on subject after subject, if it isn’t the maintenance people not doing what must be done then it is the local (Thaïs) and foreign – Asian, American, European - residents undoing what the maintenance people have done. I.e. changing the 5-Watt anti-bug light bulbs in the stairwells with 60- and 100-Watt standard light bulbs.

Sincerely,

DrFransBRoosPhD

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thai 1932 [Visitor] — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 18:25:49 +0000

Your opinion sounds like a management by crisis. You would not write this opinion if there is no crisis. And this opinion only focus about short term solution, also you would never know that many comprehensive water policy have been conducted, BUT was ordered to be put aside by politicians objected by environmentalists, NGO, and others.

You mmentioned " A Comprehensive water policy is needed ", my reponse to you and others is " Can you handle a Comprehensive Water Policy? or you and others will just run to the hill when being put through many heated argument.

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Stomack [Visitor] — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 20:31:33 +0000

You are right. One big possibility to save water is the private and Tourist sector. The usage of water in the household and hotels. One big challenge to save water is the toilette and shower. When you go for toilette a good one needs between 3.5- 7 liters. In hotels and although private homes you mainly will find others. With the honor of the company it runs some rounds (instead directly like in Europe) before it flushed into the underground and the amount of used water, I guess, is far above 10 liters. Although good fittings can save a lot of water. Specially in Hotels when you have warm water. An automatic mixer can save a lot, because you always have your temperature.
A water/air mixer in the fitting can save up to 50% of water usage. If you count this together for hole Thailand you will have enough water to plant your rice "4 times".
A little bit toooo optimistic, I know, but it could help to ease the situation.
Greetings from Munich