{"id":164,"date":"2022-08-05T04:14:27","date_gmt":"2022-08-05T04:14:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/103.245.90.234\/iwrm\/?page_id=164"},"modified":"2025-05-20T04:21:16","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T04:21:16","slug":"overview-of-iwrm-in-thailand","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/aseaniwrm.water.gov.my\/iwrm\/overview-of-iwrm-in-thailand\/","title":{"rendered":"IWRM in Thailand"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p style=\"\" text-align:=\"\" justify;\"\"=\"\">Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) in Thailand is a strategic and coordinated effort aimed at ensuring the sustainable use, conservation, and development of the nation\u2019s water resources. As Thailand faces increasing water-related challenges due to urbanization, industrial growth, climate change, and periodic droughts and floods, the adoption of IWRM has become essential for national resilience and socio-economic development.<\/p>\n\n<p style=\"\" text-align:=\"\" justify;\"\"=\"\"><b>Policies and Institutional Framework<\/b><\/p>\n<table>\n\t<tr valign=\"top\">\n\t\t<td>i. <\/td>\n\t\t<td>The Water Resources Act B.E. 2561 (2018) provides the legal foundation for IWRM in Thailand, focusing on the equitable and sustainable management of water.<\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr valign=\"top\">\n\t\t<td>ii. <\/td>\n\t\t<td>The Office of the National Water Resources (ONWR), established in 2017, is the central agency responsible for formulating national water policies and coordinating integrated planning and implementation.<\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr valign=\"top\">\n\t\t<td>iii. <\/td>\n\t\t<td>River Basin Committees have been formed to promote stakeholder participation and manage water at the basin level in line with IWRM principles.<\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"\" text-align:=\"\" justify;\"\"=\"\"><b>Key Challenges<\/b><\/p>\n<table>\n\t<tr valign=\"top\">\n\t\t<td>i. <\/td>\n\t\t<td>Fragmented water governance among multiple agencies and ministries.<\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr valign=\"top\">\n\t\t<td>ii. <\/td>\n\t\t<td>Frequent natural disasters such as floods and droughts that disrupt water availability.<\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr valign=\"top\">\n\t\t<td>iii. <\/td>\n\t\t<td>Pollution and over-extraction of water resources in some regions.<\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr valign=\"top\">\n\t\t<td>iv. <\/td>\n\t\t<td>Limited integration of water-related data and information systems for planning and decision-making.<\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"\" text-align:=\"\" justify;\"\"=\"\"><b>Ongoing Efforts and Achievements<\/b><\/p>\n<table>\n\t<tr valign=\"top\">\n\t\t<td>i. <\/td>\n\t\t<td>Thailand has developed a 20-Year Master Plan for Water Resource Management (2018\u20132037), which outlines strategic actions aligned with IWRM.<\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr valign=\"top\">\n\t\t<td>ii. <\/td>\n\t\t<td>Investment in infrastructure such as reservoirs, irrigation systems, and flood control measures has been prioritized.<\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr valign=\"top\">\n\t\t<td>iii. <\/td>\n\t\t<td>Community-based water management projects have been promoted, particularly in rural areas.<\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr valign=\"top\">\n\t\t<td>iv. <\/td>\n\t\t<td>Thailand has engaged in regional cooperation through the Mekong River Commission (MRC) and other platforms to address transboundary water issues.<\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) in Thailand is a strategic and coordinated effort aimed at ensuring the sustainable use, conservation, and development of the nation\u2019s water resources. As Thailand faces increasing water-related challenges due to urbanization, industrial growth, climate change, and periodic droughts and floods, the adoption of IWRM has become essential for national resilience &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/aseaniwrm.water.gov.my\/iwrm\/overview-of-iwrm-in-thailand\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;IWRM in Thailand&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-164","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/aseaniwrm.water.gov.my\/iwrm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/164","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/aseaniwrm.water.gov.my\/iwrm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/aseaniwrm.water.gov.my\/iwrm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/aseaniwrm.water.gov.my\/iwrm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/aseaniwrm.water.gov.my\/iwrm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=164"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"http:\/\/aseaniwrm.water.gov.my\/iwrm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/164\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":557,"href":"http:\/\/aseaniwrm.water.gov.my\/iwrm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/164\/revisions\/557"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/aseaniwrm.water.gov.my\/iwrm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}