Analysis of Water Situation at Provincial Level

Abstract

This paper analyses the water situations in the three provinces of Thailand: Lampang, Chainat and Srisaket. In each province, the analysis is based on future demand for water projects originated by the people living in the provinces (mostly small scale projects such as irrigation weir. Village pipe water supply, and dredging of natural water body) and planned projects by government agencies. Project collection were done by visiting all Tambol districts and agency offices in each province from November 2003 to May 2005. Project collected can be classified into 3 types: (i) demanding for water, (ii) supplying or provision of water. And (iii) increasing water use efficiency in existing irrigation areas. Types (i) reduces the availability of water in the province while types (ii) and (iii) increase the availability of water. Water balance study yields similar results in all three provinces in that-future demand for water exceeds future potential collection combined with water that can be saved from increasing water exceeds future potential collection combined with water that can be saved from increasing water use efficiency.