04621nam a2200433 4500 20260818112854.0 250898 th eng .b10262350 AIT Thesis no. HS-90-25 Sumalee Suntongitpanit Evaluation of the rural piped water supply project : a case study of a village community in Nakhon Nayok province, Thailand Bangkok : Asian Institute of Technology, 1990 236 p. Thesis ; no. HS-90-25 A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of the degree of Master of Science Thesis (M.Sc.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 1990 Shortage of water for daily consumption in remote areas is one of major problem which has been addressed in the Sixth National Development Plan . In order to overcome this problem and to satisfy the people's basic needs for water, the RTG has po1icies to offer rural piped water supply systems based on local people 's participation in order to ensure that the scheme can be sustained and successful in achieving its objectives. Since t he construction of piped water systems requires a large investment and operation costs to maintain the systems efficiently, it is also expensive. This research study is, therefore, an attempt to evaluate this investment and its impacts on the communities, to assess the degree of people's participation in the VPWP and to find out possible methods of improvement in the management of village pip d water system. The main findings of the research show that the average and/or wealthy and progressive villages get the priority in receiving t h e VPWP. Moreover, with in the project communities, the high income people had more chance to access and/or get benefit. from the piped water project In the context of people ' s participation in each sub-activity of the VPWP, i.t seems to be-') very low . Under the scheme, projects are accepted on condition that. contributions either in cash or in kind are made by the beneficiaries to cover a part of the project's expenditure. This implies that community ' s participation was compulsory. it is not voluntary participation, but. forced by the rules. Regarding the impact of the VPWP on the communities , ranking to the note that most villager gave the highest ranking to the reduction in drudgery , greater comfort and convenience as the main benefits. Some of the villagers mentioned that time and energy saved in obtaining water leaves them with more free time. An unfortunate discovery was the time and energy saved from not transporting water was not used for some other productive works in order to increase income. The reasons behind this is that the villagers did not know what to do with the time saved in terms of funding extra earnings apportunities. This may be imply the need for urgent attention from the concerned TRG agencies. Recommendations have been presented for improving and planning of the VPWP. In addition. recommendation for further study concerned with this issue which, need to be considered, are made in this thesis study Water-supply, Rural Thailand Nakhon Nayok Demaine, Harvey, Chairperson Weber, Karl E., Co-Chairperson Setty, E. Desingu, Examination Committee Canadian International Development Agency, Scholarship Donor Asian Institute of Technology. Thesis ; no. HS-90-25 Full-Text http://203.159.5.9/ait-thesis/detail.php?q=B18469 .b10262350 mnait s 260113 2 951012 m a s 0 mnait mnait mnarc mnarc 20 40 Barcode : 30050003087771 CREATED : 1995-10-14 RECORD # : i10322814 LPATRON : 0 LCHKIN : - # RENEWALS : 0 # OVERDUE : 0 IUSE3 : 0 TOT CHKOUT : 0 TOT RENEW : 0 Barcode : 30050120744809 CREATED : 1995-10-14 RECORD # : i10322826 LPATRON : 1015749 LCHKIN : 2004-08-24 # RENEWALS : 0 # OVERDUE : 0 IUSE3 : 0 TOT CHKOUT : 7 TOT RENEW : 3 Barcode : 30050120304349 CREATED : 2016-02-06 RECORD # : i1301108x LPATRON : 0 LCHKIN : - # RENEWALS : 0 # OVERDUE : 0 IUSE3 : 0 TOT CHKOUT : 0 TOT RENEW : 0 Barcode : 30050120925242 CREATED : 2019-12-20 RECORD # : i1324369x LPATRON : 0 LCHKIN : - # RENEWALS : 0 # OVERDUE : 0 IUSE3 : 0 TOT CHKOUT : 0 TOT RENEW : 0 41405 41405 0 0 0 0 MAIN MAIN mnait 2026-08-18 0 AIT Thesis no. HS-90-25 30050003087771 2026-08-18 11:28:54 1 2026-08-18 20 0 0 0 0 MAIN MAIN mnait 2026-08-18 0 AIT Thesis no. HS-90-25 30050120744809 2026-08-18 11:28:54 2 2026-08-18 20 0 0 0 0 MAIN MAIN mnarc 2026-08-18 0 AIT Thesis no. HS-90-25 30050120304349 2026-08-18 11:28:54 1 2026-08-18 40 0 0 0 0 MAIN MAIN mnarc 2026-08-18 0 AIT Thesis no. HS-90-25 30050120925242 2026-08-18 11:28:54 3 2026-08-18 20