World Bank2012-03-192012-03-192011-06-01https://hdl.handle.net/10986/2765Water 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.CC BY 3.0 IGOACCESS TO WATERACCOUNTABILITY TO USERSADEQUATE WATERADEQUATE WATER SUPPLYAGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIESALLOCATION OF WATERANNUAL RAINFALLANNUAL RUNOFFAQUACULTUREAVAILABILITY OF WATERBASIN DEVELOPMENTBIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMANDBODCAPACITY BUILDINGCHINA SEACIVIL SOCIETYCLIMATE CHANGECLIMATE CHANGESCLIMATIC CONDITIONSCOLIFORM BACTERIACONSTRUCTIONCOVERINGCUBIC METERCUBIC METERSDAMSDECISION MAKINGDECISION MAKING PROCESSDEMAND FOR ELECTRICITYDEMAND FOR WATERDISSOLVED OXYGENDOMESTIC USEDOMESTIC WATERDOWNSTREAM USERSDRINKING WATERDROUGHTECOSYSTEMENGINEERINGENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATIONENVIRONMENTAL FLOWSENVIRONMENTAL HEALTHENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTENVIRONMENTAL QUALITYEQUITABLE USE OF WATEREVAPORATIONFARMERSFARMINGFISHINGFLOOD MANAGEMENTFLOOD RISKFLOODINGFLOODSFOOD SECURITYFORESTRYFRESH WATERFRESHWATERFRESHWATER RESOURCESFUTURE WATER NEEDSGEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMSGLOBAL WARMINGGLOBAL WATER PARTNERSHIPGOOD GOVERNANCEGOOD WATER GOVERNANCEGROUND WATERGROUND WATER FLOWSGROUNDWATERGROUNDWATER IRRIGATIONGROUNDWATER USEHOUSEHOLDSHYDROLOGYHYDROPOWER DEVELOPMENTHYDROPOWER PROJECTINDUSTRIAL SECTORINDUSTRIAL USESINDUSTRIAL WATERINDUSTRIAL WATER USEINVESTMENT DECISIONSIRRIGATION SYSTEMSLAKE BASINSLAND USELAND USE CHANGELARGE RESERVOIRSLOCAL CAPACITYLOCAL COMMUNITIESLOCAL COMMUNITYLOCAL OWNERSHIPLOCAL STAKEHOLDERSLOW TIDEMANAGEMENT OF WATERMANGROVEMARSHMUNICIPALITIESNATIONAL WATER RESOURCESNATURAL RESOURCESPIPED WATERPOLLUTIONPOLLUTION CONTROLPOOR WATER QUALITYPOPULATION GROWTHPOTABLE WATERPRESSUREPROGRAMSPROVINCIAL WATERPROVISION OF WATERPROVISION OF WATER SUPPLYPROVISION OF WATER SUPPLY SERVICESPUBLIC HEALTHQUALITY OF WATERQUALITY WATERRAINRAINWATERRAW WATERRESERVOIRSRIPARIANRIPARIAN COUNTRIESRIVER BASINRIVER BASIN COMMITTEERIVER BASIN MANAGEMENTRIVER BASINSRIVER WATERRIVERSRUNOFFRURAL WATERSAFE WATERSCARCITY OF WATERSEASEA WATERSMALL WATERSHEDSOIL FERTILITYSOILSSOURCES OF WATERSTORAGE CAPACITYSUBSIDENCESURFACE WATERSUSTAINABLE USESUSTAINABLE WATERSUSTAINABLE WATER MANAGEMENTTRANSPARENCYTREATIESTREATMENT PLANTSURBAN AREASURBAN DWELLERSUSE OF WATERWASTE WATERWASTE WATER TREATMENTWASTEWATERWASTEWATER DISCHARGEWASTEWATER TREATMENTWATER ALLOCATIONSWATER AUTHORITYWATER AVAILABILITYWATER BODIESWATER CHEMISTRYWATER CONSERVATIONWATER CYCLEWATER DEMANDWATER DEVELOPMENTWATER EVAPORATIONWATER EXTRACTIONWATER FLOWSWATER GOVERNANCEWATER INFRASTRUCTUREWATER LAWWATER LEGISLATIONWATER LOSSWATER MANAGEMENTWATER MANAGERSWATER NEEDWATER POLLUTIONWATER POLLUTION CONTROLWATER PROVIDERSWATER QUALITYWATER RESERVOIRSWATER RESOURCEWATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENTWATER RESOURCESWATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENTWATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENTWATER RESOURCES PLANNINGWATER RIGHTSWATER SCHEMEWATER SCHEMESWATER SECTORWATER SERVICESWATER SHORTAGEWATER SHORTAGESWATER SOURCEWATER STORAGEWATER SUPPLYWATER SUPPLY SERVICEWATER SUPPLY SERVICESWATER SUPPLY SYSTEMWATER SUPPLY SYSTEMSWATER SYSTEMWATER USAGEWATER USEWATER USERWATER USERSWATER USESWATERFLOWSWATERSHEDWATERSHED MANAGEMENTWATERSHEDSWELL BEINGWELLSWETLANDSWorld Bank10.1596/2765