| Author | Sumalee Suntongitpanit |
| Call Number | AIT Thesis no. HS-90-25 |
| Subject(s) | Water-supply, Rural--Thailand--Nakhon Nayok
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| Note | A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of the degree of Master of Science, School of Engineering and Technology |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Series Statement | Thesis ; no. HS-90-25 |
| Abstract | Shortage of water for daily consumption in remote areas is one of major problem which has been addressed in the Sixth
National Development Plan . In order to overcome this problem and
to satisfy the people's basic needs for water, the RTG has
po1icies to offer rural piped water supply systems based on
local people 's participation in order to ensure that the scheme
can be sustained and successful in achieving its objectives.
Since t he construction of piped water systems requires a
large investment and operation costs to maintain the systems
efficiently, it is also expensive. This research study is,
therefore, an attempt to evaluate this investment and its impacts
on the communities, to assess the degree of people's
participation in the VPWP and to find out possible methods of
improvement in the management of village pip d water system.
The main findings of the research show that the average
and/or wealthy and progressive villages get the priority in
receiving t h e VPWP. Moreover, with in the project communities, the
high income people had more chance to access and/or get benefit.
from the piped water project In the context of people ' s
participation in each sub-activity of the VPWP, i.t seems to be-')
very low . Under the scheme, projects are accepted on condition
that. contributions either in cash or in kind are made by the
beneficiaries to cover a part of the project's expenditure. This
implies that community ' s participation was compulsory. it is not
voluntary participation, but. forced by the rules. Regarding the
impact of the VPWP on the communities , ranking to the note
that most villager gave the highest ranking to the reduction in
drudgery , greater comfort and convenience as the main benefits. Some of the villagers mentioned that time and energy saved in obtaining water leaves them with more free time. An unfortunate discovery was the time and energy saved from not transporting water was not used for some other productive works in order to increase income. The reasons behind this is that the villagers did not know what to do with the time saved in terms of funding extra earnings apportunities. This may be imply the need for urgent attention from the concerned TRG agencies. Recommendations have been presented for improving and planning of the VPWP. In addition. recommendation for further study concerned with this issue which, need to be considered, are made in this thesis study |
| Year | 1990 |
| Corresponding Series Added Entry | Asian Institute of Technology. Thesis ; no. HS-90-25 |
| Type | Thesis |
| School | School of Engineering and Technology (SET) |
| Department | Other Field of Studies (No Department) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Human Settlement (HS) |
| Chairperson(s) | Demaine, Harvey ;Weber, Karl E.
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| Examination Committee(s) | Setty, E. Desingu
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| Scholarship Donor(s) | Canadian International Development
Agency; |
| Degree | Thesis (M.Sc.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 1990 |