Water drops slightly in Lop Buri and Phitsanulok
The worst appears to be over in Lop Buri and Phitsanulok provinces. In Ban Mi (Lop Buri) district, five tambons are beginning to recede after the damaged Bang Chom Si weir was repaired. This allowed the water flow of the Chao Praya to be regulated.
When two other damaged weirs are repaired, the water will continue to fall. The repairs are expected to take 5 days. Residents of the three affected districts complain about the pungent stench of the water. Officials try to combat them with EM balls (effective micro-organism).
In Phitsanulok, the water is starting to recede in four districts after the water level of the Nan River dropped. In Bang Rakam district, residents are not yet able to raise the flag as water is being flown to slow down the flow to the central provinces and Bangkok. In the city of Phitsanulok, municipal workers have started to clean the pedestrian path along the river. The running track is covered in mud and plants are ruined after the area was flooded for four months.
In Nakhon Sawan, the flow rate of the water decreases slightly: from 4.472 to 4.270 cubic meters of water per second. [The report gives no further details about Nakhon Sawan.]