Community Participation in the Solutions to Recurrent Flooding and Water Shortages of Banchan Village, Kalasin Province
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The research aims to propose solutions to recurrent flooding and water shortages by using community participation of Banchan village, Non Na Chan sub-district, Na Khu district, Kalasin province. A participatory approach to the problem has been taken from March 2019 to January 2020. Tools of this qualitative research are observation, field notes, group discussion, informal discussion, individual and community questionnaires of water usage, local mapping, and a community forum to return the information. The research outcome shows that the flooding solutions are to expand and conserve the forest areas, to build temporary check dams upstream, and to dredge the Lam Huai Khum and Nong Mae Kaeng in order to increase the retaining capacity. The drought solutions are the rehabilitation of two weirs and building a concrete weir in the upstream of the Lam Huai Khum. The study result reveals that the people have exchanged knowledge and taken part in selecting the water management committees for their village. They have also participated in decision making, processing and evaluating. From the survey participation, the people have discovered a suitable area for water retention and identified the need to repair two important damaged weirs to mitigate the interval and spatial problems of flood and drought. In conclusion, the effective solutions are found to solve the problems by community participation and concerned organizations.
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