Se Bangfai river floods three districts not relate to Nam Theun 2

(KPL) The Nam Theun 2 Hydroelectric Project stopped releasing water into the Se Bangfai River due to Se Bangfai River inundated three districts, Khammouane provionce.
The press release of the Ministry of Energy and Mining, on 19 August said that Se Bangfai River flooded Mahasay, Se Bangfai and Nongbok districts in Khammouane province and Saybouly district in Savannakhet province last week.
The flooding did not relate to the release of water from the Nam Theun 2 Hydroelectric Project.
Some local people living along the Se Bangfai riverbank suspected that the flood is caused by Nam Theun dam tested to release water in the river.
According to the press release said that the inundation was caused by natural phenomena that it was not linking to the Nam Theun 2 dam.
Many articles have already reported Khammouane is a flood-prone province because of its position alongside the Mekong river and several tributaries and the floods of this severity along the Se Bangfai occur as often as every two years and are an expected part of the agricultural cycle for many farmers and fishermen in the area.
Last week, when the Nam Theun 2 Hydroelectric Project planned to test generate electricity for export to Thailand, but company can not to generate because the level of the Mahaxay river rose conditionally.
Thus, the Nam Theun 2 Hydroelectric Project decided to postpone its schedule test generation of electricity by casual until the river level would reduce at the normal level.
On 6-8 August, the Nam Theun 2 Hydroelectric Project made its first delivery of electricity to Electricite du Laos for domestic use in Laos through one pelton-turbine.
The testing just released 10 cubic metres per second.