b'INTERNATIONAL WATERSThe Pa Sak Cholasit Dam The Pa Sak Cholasit Dam in Lopburi Province wasRecent improvements in water treatment commissioned in 1999 to help stabilize water supplytechnology, construction of four new wastewater and reduce the risk to farmers and water managers;treatment plants, and active water quality it also produces ~6MW of electricity for the region.monitoring are credited for an overall increase in Its considered one of the largest irrigation projectsthe Pa Saks WQI.in Thailand, and its inauguration was presided over by the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej.Based on PCDs 2015 report, only 45% of wastewater had been treated prior to release into According to the Pollution Control Departmentsits adjacent rivers, but there have been recent Booklet on Thailand State of Pollution 2018, the Paimprovements in this percentage.Sak falls in the fair water quality bucket, with a water quality index (WQI) of 61 (good quality is a WQI of 70 and above). LUANG POO YAI PA SAK This pure white Buddha image was constructed in 2007 along the south side of the dam. It serves as a tourist destination in the larger dam complex.Photo: JOYFULLIFE / Shutterstock.com48 MISSION: WATER'