Description: Thailand Environment Monitor : Integrated Water Resources Management - A Way Forward

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Thailand Environment Monitor : Integrated Water Resources Management - A Way Forward

Water is everyone's business. Beside a necessity for living, water has implications on public health and, most importantly, can cause social conflicts. This is because water is limited, is difficult to control, and can easily be polluted. The...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank 2012
Subjects:	ACCESS TO WATER ACCOUNTABILITY TO USERS ADEQUATE WATER ADEQUATE WATER SUPPLY AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES ALLOCATION OF WATER ANNUAL RAINFALL ANNUAL RUNOFF AQUACULTURE AVAILABILITY OF WATER BASIN DEVELOPMENT BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND BOD CAPACITY BUILDING CHINA SEA CIVIL SOCIETY CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE CHANGES CLIMATIC CONDITIONS COLIFORM BACTERIA CONSTRUCTION COVERING CUBIC METER CUBIC METERS DAMS DECISION MAKING DECISION MAKING PROCESS DEMAND FOR ELECTRICITY DEMAND FOR WATER DISSOLVED OXYGEN DOMESTIC USE DOMESTIC WATER DOWNSTREAM USERS DRINKING WATER DROUGHT ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERING ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION ENVIRONMENTAL FLOWS ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY EQUITABLE USE OF WATER EVAPORATION FARMERS FARMING FISHING FLOOD MANAGEMENT FLOOD RISK FLOODING FLOODS FOOD SECURITY FORESTRY FRESH WATER FRESHWATER FRESHWATER RESOURCES FUTURE WATER NEEDS GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS GLOBAL WARMING GLOBAL WATER PARTNERSHIP GOOD GOVERNANCE GOOD WATER GOVERNANCE GROUND WATER GROUND WATER FLOWS GROUNDWATER GROUNDWATER IRRIGATION GROUNDWATER USE HOUSEHOLDS HYDROLOGY HYDROPOWER DEVELOPMENT HYDROPOWER PROJECT INDUSTRIAL SECTOR INDUSTRIAL USES INDUSTRIAL WATER INDUSTRIAL WATER USE INVESTMENT DECISIONS IRRIGATION SYSTEMS LAKE BASINS LAND USE LAND USE CHANGE LARGE RESERVOIRS LOCAL CAPACITY LOCAL COMMUNITIES LOCAL COMMUNITY LOCAL OWNERSHIP LOCAL STAKEHOLDERS LOW TIDE MANAGEMENT OF WATER MANGROVE MARSH MUNICIPALITIES NATIONAL WATER RESOURCES NATURAL RESOURCES PIPED WATER POLLUTION POLLUTION CONTROL POOR WATER QUALITY POPULATION GROWTH POTABLE WATER PRESSURE PROGRAMS PROVINCIAL WATER PROVISION OF WATER PROVISION OF WATER SUPPLY PROVISION OF WATER SUPPLY SERVICES PUBLIC HEALTH QUALITY OF WATER QUALITY WATER RAIN RAINWATER RAW WATER RESERVOIRS RIPARIAN RIPARIAN COUNTRIES RIVER BASIN RIVER BASIN COMMITTEE RIVER BASIN MANAGEMENT RIVER BASINS RIVER WATER RIVERS RUNOFF RURAL WATER SAFE WATER SCARCITY OF WATER SEA SEA WATER SMALL WATERSHED SOIL FERTILITY SOILS SOURCES OF WATER STORAGE CAPACITY SUBSIDENCE SURFACE WATER SUSTAINABLE USE SUSTAINABLE WATER SUSTAINABLE WATER MANAGEMENT TRANSPARENCY TREATIES TREATMENT PLANTS URBAN AREAS URBAN DWELLERS USE OF WATER WASTE WATER WASTE WATER TREATMENT WASTEWATER WASTEWATER DISCHARGE WASTEWATER TREATMENT WATER ALLOCATIONS WATER AUTHORITY WATER AVAILABILITY WATER BODIES WATER CHEMISTRY WATER CONSERVATION WATER CYCLE WATER DEMAND WATER DEVELOPMENT WATER EVAPORATION WATER EXTRACTION WATER FLOWS WATER GOVERNANCE WATER INFRASTRUCTURE WATER LAW WATER LEGISLATION WATER LOSS WATER MANAGEMENT WATER MANAGERS WATER NEED WATER POLLUTION WATER POLLUTION CONTROL WATER PROVIDERS WATER QUALITY WATER RESERVOIRS WATER RESOURCE WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT WATER RESOURCES WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT WATER RESOURCES PLANNING WATER RIGHTS WATER SCHEME WATER SCHEMES WATER SECTOR WATER SERVICES WATER SHORTAGE WATER SHORTAGES WATER SOURCE WATER STORAGE WATER SUPPLY WATER SUPPLY SERVICE WATER SUPPLY SERVICES WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS WATER SYSTEM WATER USAGE WATER USE WATER USER WATER USERS WATER USES WATERFLOWS WATERSHED WATERSHED MANAGEMENT WATERSHEDS WELL BEING WELLS WETLANDS
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Summary:	Water is everyone's business. Beside a necessity for living, water has implications on public health and, most importantly, can cause social conflicts. This is because water is limited, is difficult to control, and can easily be polluted. The Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM) process is considered worldwide as a means to reduce social conflicts from competing water needs as well as to facilitate effective and sustainable development of water resources. Effective implementation of IWRM however will require appropriate policy, regulation, and institutional frameworks which could facilitate cross-sectoral dialogue and cooperation among water users. A good example of IWRM is in the Lower Mekong River Basin. IWRM has been adopted by the Mekong River Commission (MRC) as a means to management water resources through the 1995 agreement, where as MRC countries are fully committed to manage water resources. In Thailand, IWRM has been technically recognized as a means to achieve sustainable water resources management and the concept has been incorporated in the national policy for more than 15 years, however clear institutional responsibility and introduction of the IWRM concept to local communities are relatively new. To address the challenges on water resource management in Thailand, particularly at the local level, stronger leadership and commitment of the key government agencies and effective cooperation of the water users will be important.