The Royal Irrigation Department has reduced the discharge rate from the Chao Phraya Dam again, starting this morning, while the Pasak Jolasid Dam, which has been continuously reducing the discharge rate, has maintained the discharge rate at 10 cubic meters per second to help reduce the impact of high sea levels.
The Royal Irrigation Department announced that at 10:00 a.m. today, it will reduce the water discharge from the Chao Phraya Dam again because the amount of water flowing from the north into the Chao Phraya River in Nakhon Sawan Province has decreased. The amount of water flowing through the C.2 station in Nakhon Sawan is 2,310 cubic meters per second, which is down from yesterday’s 2,338 cubic meters per second. It then flows together with the amount of water flowing through the Sakae Krang River at a rate of 28 cubic meters per second. The amount of water in the Sakae Krang River is less than expected.
This morning, the water discharged through the Chao Phraya Dam was at a rate of 2,047 cubic mete
rs per second. Therefore, today (October 11, 2024) from 10:00 a.m., it will gradually decrease to a rate of 2,000 cubic meters per second at 12:00 p.m. and will remain at that rate.
At the Pasak Jolasid Dam, there is currently 750.50 million cubic meters of water, which is 78.18% of capacity. The volume of water flowing into the reservoir is 254.84 cubic meters per second or 22.019 million cubic meters per day. In the past, the water discharge has been continuously reduced, and today the discharge is maintained at 10.264 cubic meters per second or 0.887 million cubic meters per day.
The discharge of water from both the Chao Phraya and Pa Sak Cholasit dams at such rates will help reduce the impact on the lower Chao Phraya basin from Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya Province down from the impact of high tides during 13-24 October.
Source: Thai News Agency