The potential development in system administration ,supply control and maintenance of village ground water supply system in Huay Sam Mor water-shed, Khon Kaen province

Abstract

In the Huay Sam Mor Water-shed, Khon Kaen province, there are 15 village ground water supply systems. Recently, only 8 of these keep operating at Sub Somboon Sub-district , Khoke Pho Chai district, Khon Kaen province. The survey of village ground water supply found that the administrative committees and the system intendants never been trained in water supply management, lack of system maintenance, lack of daily system check, neither rust filter tank nor high tower tank were periodically cleaned up, lack of adjusting the water pressure, including chlorination before distribution. The major activities of potential development in this project were based on village water supply administrative committeesû need. Being trained and work shop led the village water supply administrative committees to gain knowledge in ground water supply management, as well as capable to practice proper system maintenance. After two months of the potential development, the follow up found that water supply system sites were cleaned up, some sites have water pump checking, adjusting the water pressure regarding with the tower tanksû height, cleaning up rust filter tanks. However, schedules for regular and continuous practices still rely on the village water supply management committeeûs awareness for good quality of water supply.