Dams, Water management designed for older era

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Dams, Water management designed for older era

The flood crisis reveals the country's dams, canals and approach to water management belong to the past

Published: 23/10/2011 at 02:16 AM
Newspaper section: News

Water infrastructure and management have been developed based on assumptions of low rainfall, experts say.

Combined with the lack of coordination among water management agencies, the result is a lack of ability to cope with flooding, they said.

Anond Snidvongs, director of the Geoinformatics and Space Technology Development Agency, has found that every 30 years, Thailand's weather pattern switches between low and high rainfall.

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Discussion 3 : 23/10/2011 at 10:25 AM3
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A "take it easy, who cares' attitude. This is normal in Thailand.
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Discussion 2 : 23/10/2011 at 09:22 AM2
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“Because Nan province and downstream areas were already flooded, Bhumibol staff were instructed not to release the water stored in the dam”. Instructed by whom? Names? Accountability? Replacement?
“Interference by politicians delayed the release of the water from the Chao Phraya dam to the west of the river”. Did the politicians have names? Accountability? Replacement?
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Discussion 1 : 23/10/2011 at 08:46 AM1
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1) "Interference by politicians delayed the release of the water from the Chao Phraya dam to the west of the river". This is normal in Thailand.

2)"....the lack of timely flood warnings, and reliance on a flimsy system of sandbags to keep the water out, shows how poor Thailand's disaster response systems really are". I suppose they don't listen to weather forecasts. More than 20 years to plan an efficient water run-off system and they haven't even made a start. This is also normal in Thailand.
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