ອີງຕາມການກະຕວງ ຂອງນັກວິຊາການໄທ ຄືທ່ານ ດຣ ສະໝິດ ທຳມະສະໂຣດ (ดร. สมิทธ ธรรมสโรช), ຖ້າບໍ່ແກ້ໄຂສະພາບການ, ກຸງເທບອາດຈະຈົມ ຢູ່ພື້ນນ້ຳພາຍໃນ 20 ຫາ 90 ປີ ທາງໜ້າ.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/sep/06/bangkok-thailand-risks-steadily-sinking

Illegal tapping of groundwater is one of the causes of the capital's misfortunes, according to Jan Bojo, a World Bank expert based there. Not all the specialists endorse this view, but they do agree the situation is bound to deteriorate over the next few years. Smith Dharmasaroja, the head of the National Disaster Warning Centre, is predicting that by 2100 Bangkok will have become a new Atlantis. Dharmasaroja's forecasts are taken seriously: in the 1990s he predicted the fearful tsunami that devastated countries around the Indian Ocean in 2004.

Dharmasaroja maintains that "no decision has been taken" at government level "to stop the problem". And, he adds, if nothing is done Bangkok could be underwater by 2030.