Shrinking Pattaya Reservoirs
Recent news reports are painting a dire picture for the area water supply over the coming months. I had a nice bike ride around Mabprachan this morning to check the situation out and take a few pics that can serve as a baseline of how bad the lake level gets as we head into the dry season. Currently nowhere near as bad as it was in Sept, 2015, but we may get there. At the end of this post is a link to pics from Sept, 2015.
Lake level looks ok in the view to the north
But the overflow
It's been two weeks and two days since the last update, so hopped on my bike and had a very enjoyable ride this morning around what remains of Mabprachan Reservoir.
Starting again on the southwest side.
More spots that were previously underwater are now exposed.
Wish they would mount a water level gage to this structure. I'm estimating the water is down another 1/2 meter or so since the last update.
I wonder how much longer it will be before this guy can walk t
