Effective Water Resources Management for Communities in the Chi River Basin in Thailand

Figures & data

Figure 1. The location of the characteristics of the 25 major river sub-basinsin Thailand.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization (2011) [3].

Figure 2. The graphics of forestry resource in boundary and utilizing lands in the national parks of governance through the Chi River Basin.

Source: Water Crisis Prevention Center (2012).

Figure 3. The head water of the Chi River Basin, and the Petchbun Mountains whereas the original of the Chi River.

Source: Majang (2005)

Figure 4. Occupation projects’ model and irrigation activity areas of the Chi River Basin.

Source: RakThammachat.com (2017)

Figure 5. Graphic of population projection (a) and population’s occupations at the Chi River Basin (b).

Source: The World Bank Document (2011) (a) and Office of Royal Development Projects Board (RDPB) (2009)(b)

Figure 6. Local wisdom and traditional water management of rural communities with the Integration Participatory Action Research (IPAR) method are the group discussions and solving-problem concencious according to the traditional and regular roles in effectiveness and fairness of the Chi River Basin with researcm team together.

Source: Research team

Figure 7. Environmental locations and situations in the different seasons.

Source: GuideUbon.com (2015)

Figure 8. Main Chi River profiles’ activities of Northeastern Region, the 5-branch streams, and river’s resource management with the Dams, water storage weir, drainage weir.

Source: BasisChiInfo (2015)

Table 1. Coverage of the Chi River Basin in the Provincial Areas.

Province	Provincial area (km^2)	Water area of the Chi River		Percentage of provincial area	Percentage of the Chi water area
		km^2	Rai (1 Rai = 0.3952 acre)
Kalasin	6928.45	6928.43	4,320,264	100.00	14.10
KhonKaen	10,643.33	9,549.41	5,968,570	89.72	19.44
Chaiyaphum	12,654.45	12,489.30	7,805,763	98.70	25.42
NakhonRatchasima	20,878.92	838.96	524,348	4.04	1.71
Petchabun	12,348.59	873.25	545,154	7.06	1.78
MahaSarakham	5635.99	2997.47	1,873,416	53.18	6.10
Mukdahan	4123.67	47.51	29,693	1.15	0.09
Yasothorn	4135.45	1739.20	1,087,002	42.06	3.54
Roi-Et	7861.03	4685.78	2,928,166	59.61	9.54
Lopburi	6502.35	2.91	1,818	0.04	0.01
Loei	10,473.34	1.638.31	1,023,944	15.64	3.33
Sisaket	8935.85	259.70	162,311	2.91	0.53
SakonNakhon	9586.04	2.71	1,634	0.03	0.01
NongbuaLamphu	4090.40	3015.88	1,884,926	73.73	6.14
UdonThani	11,074.79	3,380.62	2,112,888	30.53	6.88
UbonRatchathani	15,621.40	683.29	427,056	4.37	1.39
Total	151,494.05	49,131.22	30,707,453	32.43	100.00

Source: Water Crisis Prevention Center (2020).

Figure 9. Lifestyle, local wisdom and traditional roles at the local communities whereas they are surrounding at the Chi River Basin.

Source: Photos by research team

Table 2. Types of the utilizing lands in the National Parks through the Chi River Basin.

No.	Code	Utilizing lands in the National Parks through the Chi River Basin	Water area of the Chi River		Percentage of the Chi River basin area
			km^2	Rai
1.	A	Agriculture zone	1728.40	1,080,247	3.52
2.	C	Conservative zone	6798.02	4,248,764	13.84
3.	E	Economic zone	6940.33	4,337,703	14.13
4.	N	Non-RED control	197.36	123,349	0.40
5.	NE	Non data	484.77	302,979	0.99
		Total	16,148.86	10,093,042	32.87

Source: Department of National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation (2010).

Table 3. Details of the principal tributaries of the Chi River.

Steam code	Name of branch stream	Stream basin area (km^2)	% of the Chi River area	Covering some parts of the province
0402	Upper the Chi Tributary	2551.31	5.19	Chaiyaphum, Petchabun, Lopburi
0403	Lam Sapung	743.27	1.51	Chaiyaphum
0404	Lam Krajuan	892.79	1.82	Chaiyaphum, Lopburi
0405	Lam Kanchu	1731.29	3.52	Chaiyaphum, Nakonratchasima, Lopburi
0406	The 2^nd part of Chi River	3784.70	7.70	KhonKaen, Chaiyaphum, Nakonratchasima
0407	Sam Moh Creek	746.89	1.52	KhonKaen, Chaiyaphum
0408	The 3^rd part of Chi River	3304.38	6.73	KhonKaen, Chaiyaphum, Mahasarakham
0409	Upper Lam Nam Pong Tributary	4067.85	8.28	KhonKaen, Petchabun, NongBauLamphu, Loei, UdonThani
0410	Lam Nam Puay Creek	896.11	1.82	Loei, NongBauLamphu
0411	Lam Panieng Creek	1875.27	3.82	Loei, NongBauLamphu, UdonThani
0412	Proam Tributary	2253.91	4.59	Chaiyaphum, Petchabun
0413	Choen Tributary	2931.75	5.97	KhonKaen, Chaiyaphum, Petchabun, Loei
0414	Lower Pong Tributary	2319.84	4.72	KhonKaen, Mahasarakham, NongBua Lam Phu, UdonThani
0415	Sai Bath Creek	676.24	1.38	Kalasin, KhonKaen, Mahasarakham
0416	The 4^th part of Chi River	5296.46	10.78	Kalasin, KhonKaen, Mahasarakham, Roi-Et
0417	Upper Pao Tributary	3250.46	6.82	Kalasin, KhonKaen, UdonThani
0418	Lam Panchat Creek	695.97	1.42	Kalasin, SakonNakhon, UdonThani
0419	Lower Pao Tributary	4216.24	8.58	Kalasin, Mahasarakham, Roi-Et, SakonNakhon, UdonThani
0420	Lam Nam Young Tributary	4134.31	8.41	Kalasin, Roi-Et, Yasothorn, Mukdahan, SakonNakhon
0421	Lower Chi River Tributary	2762.90	5.82	Yasothorn, Roi-Et, Sisaket, UbonRatchathani
	Total	49,131.92	100.00

Source: Water Crisis Prevention Center (2012).

Table 4. Summary of climate information.

Climate variable	Mean annual value	Unit
Temperature	26.9	°C
Humidity	71.3	%
Wind	2.3	knots
Cloudiness	5.5	Octa
Class-A pan evaporation**	1771	mm/year
Potential evapotranspiration	1824	mm/year

Source: Hydro and Agro Informatics Institute (2012).

Figure 10. Rice field processing product.

Source: Photos by research team

Figure 11. Lifestyle, local wisdom and traditional roles at the local communities whereas they are surrounding at the Chi River Basin.

Source: Photos by research team

Figure 12. Lifestyle, local wisdom, and traditional water management of rural communities for effectiveness and fairness, problems of users, and construction and repair of damaged parts.

Source: Photos by Research Team (2013)

Figure 13. Principles and priorities of water rights and water allocation by local wisdom and communities.

Source: Photos by research team

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