The Royal Irrigation Department revealed that the highest volume of water in the Chao Phraya River has passed Nakhon Sawan Province. The water level has stabilized and is likely to decrease. The discharge rate at the Chao Phraya Dam will not exceed 2,200 cubic meters per second. During the end of the rainy season to the winter season, the weather is unstable. There will still be some rain in the central region, so we still need to monitor it. However, if there is no more rain, the situation in the lower Chao Phraya Basin will gradually improve.
Mr. Thanet Sombun, Director of the Office of Water Management and Hydrology, Royal Irrigation Department, said that the highest water volume of the Chao Phraya River has passed Nakhon Sawan Province. Today (October 9, 2024) at Station C.2, water flowed at a rate of 2,318 cubic meters per second, up from 2,326 cubic meters per second yesterday. Water is starting to stabilize and tends to decrease, while the Chao Phraya Dam maintains a discharge rate not exceeding 2,20
0 cubic meters per second continuously.
In the Ping River Basin, downstream of the Bhumibol Dam, from Kamphaeng Phet Province down, there is still rain, as well as the Sakae Krang River Basin in Uthai Thani Province, so we still need to monitor continuously because at the end of the rainy season, which is about to enter the winter season, the weather is unstable and there is still rain in the central region. However, if the rain that falls does not accumulate to the point of causing the water level to rise suddenly, it is expected that the discharge from the Chao Phraya Dam will be maintained at this rate.
Meanwhile, in the Pa Sak River Basin, there is still rain in Phetchabun Province, which is the headwaters. However, the Royal Irrigation Department has reduced the discharge from the Pa Sak Jolasid Dam. Today, it has been reduced from 100 cubic meters per second to 50 cubic meters per second. Tomorrow (October 10, 2024), the discharge will be reduced again to a rate of 10 cubic meters per second to reduce
the amount of water that will flow into the Chao Phraya River in Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya Province. This is in the hope of alleviating the impact of high tides that may affect areas from Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya Province down. The high tides will occur from October 13 to 24.
Mr. Thanet emphasized that if there is no additional rainfall, the situation of the lower Chao Phraya Basin will gradually improve and gradually improve.
Source: Thai News Agency