MRC Mekong Monitoring Stations Will Better Protect Downriver Denizens
The Mekong River Commission (MRC) on Friday unveiled the first water-level monitoring station to be positioned atop the Lower Mekong River Basin. The station is part of a broader MRC plan to reduce vulnerability for millions of Southeast Asians whose lives and livelihoods downstream are too easily affected by a sudden, unexpected flow of water.
The new monitoring station at Xieng Kok, which sits on Laos’ northern border with Myanmar, will require the sort of cooperation that the MRC has long advocated. In this case, Myanmar has an opportunity to jointly collect data with Laotian colleagues about water discharge – which will then be quickly accessible to the millions living downstream.
Manyphone Vongphachanh
