Chalita Chuthong said she had drilled a well in the middle of the Yom River last year and plugged it during the rainy season. The well was reopened this year and a pump installed to draw water for her 30-rai paddy field about 100 metres from the river. The water was enough to also serve about 100 rai of adjacent paddy fields farmed by her brothers and sisters, Miss Chalita said.