BANGKOK, 9 June 2019(NNT)- Although it is raining in many areas, they are mostly outside the dams catchment area, so only a small amount of water has flowed into dams and some dams haven’t had any water flow into them at all. The water level in Pa Sak Jolasid Dam remains critical but it is still expected that water will be flowing into the dam around July.
On June 8, the water content of Pa Sak Jolasid Dam in Phatthana Nikhom district, Lopburi province, was measured at 97.74 million cubic meters of water or only 10.18 percent of its capacity of 960 million cubic meters. Mr. Suphachai Manokarn, Director of the Pasak Cholasid Dam Water Distribution and Maintenance Project, said the amount of rainfall in upper Pa Sak Jolasid Dam is less than in other years, and the dam has received the lowest average rainfall in 30 years, meaning water hasn’t flowed into the dam since early this year.
He added that the dam still releases 1.05 million cubic meters of water per day for consumption and to maintain the ecosystem through one floodgate out of seven. The public is asked to use water economically. The volume of water is expected to increase from July onwards.
