Factors Related to Wastewater Management in Ubon Ratchathani Province
Article Sidebar
Main Article Content
Abstract
This research aimed to study wastewater management in Ubon Ratchathani province and public participation in wastewater management. It was a mixed methods research using an interview form for 12 agencies and a questionnaire for 417 samples according to Yamane's formula at 0.05 level of reliability. Data were collected in 8 districts on wastewater policy and management, demographic information, economy and society, water usage, wastewater treatment and sewerage, public participation in wastewater management and opinions on people's participation in wastewater management. The statistics used were percentage, mean, standard deviation, multiple regression analysis and content analysis. The results showed that the policy of wastewater management was clear and beneficial to the management. On the management side, there was an appropriate wastewater management model to water needs and wastewater management but there was a problem of redundancy in some overlapping areas. The government gave people the opportunity to participate in wastewater management. There was wastewater treatment with septic tanks. For business establishments, grease traps were installed and large industrial plants had wastewater treatment systems as required by law. People were affected by wastewater in urban areas. Overall public participation in wastewater management was 67.9 percent. Factors affecting the public participation were perception of the causes of wastewater problems, awareness of the impact of wastewater and demographic status.
Article Details
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
บทความที่ได้รับการตีพิมพ์เป็นลิขสิทธิ์ของ วารสารวิทยาศาสตร์และเทคโนโลยี มหาวิทยาลัยอุบลราชธานี
ข้อความที่ปรากฏในบทความแต่ละเรื่องในวารสารวิชาการเล่มนี้เป็นความคิดเห็นส่วนตัวของผู้เขียนแต่ละท่านไม่เกี่ยวข้องกับมหาวิทยาลัยอุบลราชธานี และคณาจารย์ท่านอื่นๆในมหาวิทยาลัยฯ แต่อย่างใด ความรับผิดชอบองค์ประกอบทั้งหมดของบทความแต่ละเรื่องเป็นของผู้เขียนแต่ละท่าน หากมีความผิดพลาดใดๆ ผู้เขียนแต่ละท่านจะรับผิดชอบบทความของตนเองแต่ผู้เดียว
References
Office of the National Economic and Social Development Board, Office of the Prime Minister. 2017. The Twelveth National Economic and Social Development Plan (2017–2021). https://www.greengrowthknowledge. org/national-documents/thailand-twelfth-national-eco nomic-and-social-development-plan-2017-2021. Accessed 27 January 2022.
Limpiteeprakan, P. and Phothilaek, P. 2019. Efficiency of organic waste effective microorganisms (EM) ball for wastewater treatment in Ubon Ratchathani province. Journal of Science and Technology, Ubon Ratchathani University. 21(2): 137-145. (in Thai)
Sirianuntapiboon, S. 2020. Domestic wastewater. Vocational Education Central Region Journal. 4(1): 1-10. (in Thai)
Bureau of Water Quality Management Pollution Control Department. 2017. Community Wastewater Treatment System Manual. http://www.oic.go.th/FILEWEB/CABINFOCENTER3/DRAWER056/GENERAL/DATA0000/00000973.PDF. Accessed 20 May 2021. (in Thai)
Office of Environmental and Pollution Control 13 (Chonburi). 2019. Water Pollution. http://reo 13.mnre.go.th/th/news/detail/49278. Accessed 20 May 2021. (in Thai)
Department of Local Administration. 2017. Wastewater Treatment Standard. http://www. dla.go.th/work/e_book/eb1/stan10.htm. Accessed 20 May 2021. (in Thai)
Ubon Ratchathani Department of Provincial Administration. 2021. Population Household Data in Ubon Ratchathani Province. http:// www.ubondopa.com/default.aspx. Accessed 20 May 2021. (in Thai)
Yamane, T. 1973. Statistics: An Introductory Analysis. 3rd edition. New York: Harper and Row Publications.
Cronbach, L.J. 1951. Coefficient alpha and the internal structure of tests. Psychometrika. 16(3): 297-334.
Pincharoen, S. 2011. Leadership and Management. Bangkok: Chamchuri Product. (in Thai)
Wittayaudom, W. 2011. Organizational Theory. Bangkok: Thanat Print. (in Thai)
Siriwilai, D. 2012. Wastewater Management of Local Administrative Organizations: A Case Study of Mueang Klaeng Subdistrict Municipality. Rayong Province. M.Sc. Thesis, National Institute of Development Administration. (in Thai)
Taraphak, A. and Chansilp, W. 2018. People's participation in wastewater management in the Khaosan Alley community, Bang Sue district, Bangkok. Journal of Interdisciplinary Research: Graduate Studies. 7(1): 204-213. (in Thai)
Sriprasat, P. 1999. Research Report on Factors Affecting Participation in Operations of the Education Committee of Elementary Schools. Nonthaburi: Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University. (in Thai)
Charoen, W. and Pinaisup, B. 2019. Factors of perception and trust towards people's participation in flood and wastewater prevention. A case study of Al Yeatisom community, Suan Luang district, Bangkok. Journal of Public and Private Management. 26(2): 5-20. (in Thai)
Poomsakul, J. 2014. Wastewater Problems from Residences and Enterprises in Hua Lo Sub-District Municipality, Muang District, Chonburi Province. M.Sc. Thesis, Burapha University. (in Thai)
Chitdon, R. 2017. Rain and water situation in Thailand. Journal of Vocational Institute of Agriculture. 1(1): 1-9. (in Thai)
Panman, P. and Thapinta, A. 2014. Guidelines for integrating public participation in wastewater administration and management of Municipacipality, Lopburi Province. In: Proceedings of the 5th International and National Conference and Research Presentations, 24-25 April 2014. Bangkok, Thailand. (in Thai)
