Backup Plan to Prevent Water Shortages

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On Tuesday, the Chief of Water Management of the Royal Irrigation Department of Chonburi,

Mr. Bunsom Yu-ti-taam-pin-yo, revealed his concern about water shortages, which may happen this summer. He also assured the people that the Department has prepared a backup plan to store water for this summer, in and around Bang-pra area.  Currently, the Bang-pra reservoir stores 190 Million cubic meters, Nong-kor stores 13.977, Mab-pra-chan stores 13.300, and there are many more lakes in our area which have good quantities of water.
 
The backup plan has been devised, and if a water shortage does occur, the small lakes will be fed water from the bigger lakes, to distribute adequate water to the farms.

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