General Akanit Muensawad, who chairs the National Legislative Assembly (NLA)’s committee vetting the water resources bill, said yesterday the charge “certainly will not be imposed” on ordinary consumers and farmers who use small amounts of water. He said the National Water Resources Management Office would set the rate for charges in a ministerial order. Meanwhile, the Cabinet yesterday officially acknowledged the National Water Resources Commission’s water-resource development plan for the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC). “It is predicted that by 2027, the EEC area will need 800 million cubic metres of water each day,” Sansern said. “And the demand will likely grow to 1 billion cubic metres a day by 2036.”Thailand’s Eastern region presently needs just about 325 million cubic metres of water each day.

Source: The Nation Bangkok February 06, 2018 21:56 UTC