Govt's water management adviser revives Salween dam idea

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Govt's water management adviser revives Salween dam idea

Published: 13/02/2012 at 02:53 AM
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CHIANG MAI : Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra's adviser on water management has proposed the construction of a dam on the Salween River to solve floods and droughts as well as to produce electricity for the country.

Uthen Chatphinyo, Pheu Thai member and former chief of the committee overseeing water drainage to the sea under the Flood Relief Operation Centre, yesterday pitched an idea to dust off the Salween dam and water diversion projects, which were first studied by the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat) 20 years ago.

According to Egat's study, water can be diverted from Salween River, which borders Thailand and Myanmar, to Mae Taeng River in Chiang Mai province. The water could then be channelled through natural waterways to Bhumibol dam in Tak province.

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khunbj
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Discussion 3 : 13/02/2012 at 03:01 PM3
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The dam project Hut Gyi is in Burma, and as far as I remember then this plan was not entirely without flaws and complications, there would be a lot of displaced people as there always is with dams and I am not sure much attention was ever given to the environmental impact on either side of the border...but beside from that, good idea if it can be made ..
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Discussion 2 : 13/02/2012 at 02:01 PM2
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It sounds like a win win situation to me How long would it take to build and what flood preventative measures are to be put into place whilst it were being built?
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Discussion 1 : 13/02/2012 at 01:16 PM1
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Thailands dams are chronically full during rainy season, exacerbating flooding, and chronically empty during dry season, causing droughts to farmland. Additional dams are definitely worth considering.
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