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Outlookon
WaterGovernance
inThailand
Panjarat Champathong PureeSirasoontoon • Supruet
Thavornyutikarn
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Objectives
• InstitutionalArrangementonWater
Governance• Drawbacks
• ImminentProblems• AttemptsforReformandFuture
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Area:51.31mil ha
•Rainfall:1,634mm
•25RiverBasins
•ArableLand:20.85mil ha
•40.64%oftotalarea
•IrrigatedArea:4.54mil ha
•8.85%oftotalarea•21.77%ofarableland
Source: AtlasofThailand:SpatialStructuresand
Development .EditedbyDoryaneKermelTorres.Paris:
IRDEditions.
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•IrrigatedArea:4.54mil ha
•8.85%oftotalarea
•21.77%ofarableland
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DominanceofAgriculturein
WaterUsage
• 94percentofwaterisusedbyagricultural
sector• 4percentbyhouseholdsector
• 2percentbyindustrialandservicesectors
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MainActors
• SurfaceWater
– RoyalIrrigationDepartment
• UnderMinistryofAgricultureandCooperatives• IrrigatedAreas
– DepartmentofWaterResources
• UnderMinistryofNaturalResourcesandEnvironment
• RemainingAreas
• UndergroundWater – DepartmentofUndergroundWaterResources
• UnderMinistryofNaturalResourcesandEnvironment
l
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RoyalIrrigation
Department(RID)• OPERATOR
• 3ActsgoverningRID’sauthority
• Mainstayinwaterallocation:105years• Main/OriginalObjective:waterforagriculture
• CurrentObjective:ensuresufficientwatersupplyforusages
bystakeholders
• Legalpriorityisdestinedfor‘agricultural’purpose(under
Acts)
• Water Distribution Plan, however, prioritise household use
(verysmallproportion)
• RemainingareasareunderDWR
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Departmentof
WaterResource(DWR)• POLICYMAKER(designed)
• HaslimitedauthoritygivenbytheCabinet;notAct
¾RelativelyweakerintermoflegalauthoritythanRID¾OPERATORfornonirrigatedareas
¾SECRETARIAT forNationalWaterResourcesCommittee
• Inprocessofdrafting‘WaterAct’ since1992
• WaterActsupposestobethemaingoverninglegislationof
waterinThailand+waterpricing
• DWRwouldbethemainpolicymaker ofwaterasapartof
othernaturalresourcepolicies
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NationalWater
ResourcesCommittee
• FOCALPOINT:exchangeofvariousneeds/requirement
onwater
• Delegatesfromexistingorganisations =protectingown
interestsinCommittee
• Nopower/authoritytodeterminethedirectionofnationalwaterpolicy
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Functional/Purposive
ApproachtoWater• Eachinstitutionhasitsownagendaonhowthe
watershallbeused
• Overlappingauthorities:policymakingvs operator• Mostofthemhavelegalauthoritiestododepending
ontheirpurposesbutlegislationsareoutdatedand
notsuitableforcurrentsituation
• Lackofunityandcomprehensivewatermanagement
=no‘resourcebased’centralauthoritytooverseethematterofwater
• Spaceforintegration andcoordination
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WaterPricing
• FREE • RID
– RawWaterFee:discretionaryandnopropermonitoring
• ChargingWaterworksFacilitiesforuseofwatertoproducepiped/tapwater
• Charginglargescaleusers– farmsandindustries
– Freeforagriculturalpurpose• Excessiveuseofwater
• Controversyonwhethertolevyfeesforfarmerstorealisetherealcost
ofwater
• WaterworksincludingMWA/PWA/PrivateWorks
– WaterCharges:directtotheendusers(Householdand
Industry)
• Treatmentofwaterandpiping
• Channelingwaterforindustrialestates(privatewaterworks)
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PronetoWaterCrisis
• Situationofwaterinadequacyandimbalance
watersupplyareloomingandescalating
• Competitionandconflictsonwater
– Agriculturevs Others
– Ruralvs Urban – Usagevs Preservation
– Savingcitiesvs savingfarmland(duringflood)
• Nopredictablesolution– largelysolvedbypoliticswhichwouldintensifyfutureconflicts
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MissingPerspectives
• Sustainabilityofnaturalwatersources
– Forest,reforestation,andpreservationofwatersource
• ManagementofSewageandWastewater – Notreatmentforhouseholdsectoryet
– Nonpointsourcesofpollutants(mostlyfrom
agriculturalsectorwherebyalmost100%fertilizerand90%pesticides)
• DemandsideManagement
• Regeneratingwaterafterconsumption
• RolesofPrivates,Locals,andNGOs
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RecentAttempts(i)
• Unifyandcooperate:setup‘NationalWaterResourceCommittee’ tobethecentreforwater
solutionorthefocalpoint(since1989)• Legislation
– Draftingof‘WaterAct’(since1992):
• GraduallyincludingWaterFeesforAgriculture(2000)
• AuthoriseDWRasacentralorganisationforwater
governance
– Draftingof‘WaterworksAct’
• Separatingoperational andregulatory tasks
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RecentAttempts(ii)
• Encouragemoreparticipationfromusers/locals
– Selfdetermination
• Introducing‘IntegratedWaterResourcesManagement(IWRM)’targetedat25riverbasinsmostlyunderRID
– Requirealotofcooperationandcoordination:tremendous
transactioncost=goodinstitutionalframeworkisneeded – Requiremanyacademicfieldsworkingtogethertoprovide
knowledgebase
¾ Remaining ‘unsettled’
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Conclusion• Legislation/CentralOrganisationwhichis‘resource
based ’and‘multidimensional+multifunctional ’is
calledforbutnotyetmaterialised
• Priorityinagriculturehasbeenshiftedtowardmore
balanceddistribution
• WaterPricingremainsdebatable – Especiallyagriculturalusers
– Pricing to incorporate environment impact from water use
• Crisisinwatermayputtheseinstitutionalsetupin
disarrayandcausehavoc
• Cooperationwithusers/stakeholdersandlocalcommunities
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THANKYOUFORYOURATTENTION
CommentsandQuestionsarewelcomed
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Source: AtlasofThailand:SpatialStructuresand
Development .EditedbyDoryaneKermelTorres.Paris:
IRDEditions.
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