Chiang Mai moat ready
Chiang Mai has prepared for Songkran by purifying its murky moat water before its canals fill with holiday crowds.
Water from the irrigation canal to the west of the city is being transferred to the moat ahead of the festival while chlorine was added to the moat a few weeks ago to kill off germs.A Japanese purification machine is being used to clean the water and its owner, Isao Masuda from the Japan-based Octocooperation Company, is supervising work at the moat. More than 80 per cent of the ingredients, such as volcanic soil, used in the cleaning process are natural and will become food for the moat's inhabitants, Masuda said. It takes 60 hours for the dirty water to become clean. Atsadaporn Kamthai
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