It was agreed at a meeting on Tuesday the current rate of discharge, at 28 million cu/m per day, was inadequate. The amount of water in the dam reservoir was "above the control level by 930 million cu/m", dam director Wiwit Saengphanit said after reviewing the latest situation assessment in this rain drenched province. The dam was at 81% of capacity, and there was room for only 1.7 million cu/m more water. The river converges with the Kwae Yai River and becomes the Mae Klong River in Kanchanaburi's Muang district, about 153km from the dam in Thong Pha Phum district. Last month, torrential rain hit the far-flung district of Sangkhla Buri, located north west of Thong Pha Phum.

Source: Bangkok Post August 01, 2018 07:07 UTC