Water Supply Management of Local Administrative Organizations in Southernmost Provinces
Keywords:
water supply, diarrhea, local administrative organizationsAbstract
This study was a qualitative and quantitative study, aimed to study the success factors in water supply management and compare morbidity rates of diarrhea in areas with and without water supply systems. Purposive sampling of 3 areas has water supply and 3 areas not have water supply in the same district and have contacting territory. Collecting data from in-depth interviews and diarrhea disease surveillance report data (report506) from 2018 to 2022. The study of water supply management found 4 success factors include that having sufficient raw water sources, having personnel, manage by village committees and have sufficient budget. For Subdistrict that do not have a water supply system found that no source of raw water, no area space, lack personnel and not yet requirement from people. Model for efficient water supply system have 2 approaches:
(1) having 1 large water supply system that operate by Subdistrict Administrative Organization.
(2) At least 1 water supply system per village that operate by the village committee and must be trained. The Correlation between the morbidity rates of diarrhea over the past 5 years in areas with and without water supply systems in Narathiwat, Yala, and Pattani provinces is 0.963, -0.577,
and -0.3671, respectively.
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