Body of knowledge of water resources management for stability of water consumption in Khon Kaen province (2011-2020): Academic Document Synthesis

Abstract

This research has the objective of studying the body of knowledge in water resource management for water use security in Khon Kaen Province (2011–2020). This is qualitative research. The source of information used in the study were research reports, dissertations, research articles, and academic articles on water resource management in Khon Kaen Province published during 2011–2020 from the database used for searching. There are four sources for this academic writing: 1) Thai Digital Collection research database; 2) Thai Research Archive; 3) Research data search system, NESDB; and 4) Thai Journal Citation Index Center database. Conduct content analysis and data triangulation. The results of the research found that there were academic writings related to flooding, drought, wastewater, water for agriculture, and water for consumption, totaling 16 items, and there were academic writings not related to flooding, drought, wastewater, water for agriculture, and water for direct consumption, but the findings were linked to 15 items. The results of the analysis revealed that the body of knowledge was both explicit and tacit. Khon Kaen Province has implemented structural measures to help manage water in the area, such as the construction of check dams using local wisdom and applying modern technology to increase strength and extend lifespan. From the use of non-structural measures, such as the use of tax maps to solve the wastewater problem, and from the data in 31 academic writings, it was found that 13 laws and 2 community/village regulations were mentioned, which did not cover all the laws related to water management in Khon Kaen Province as a whole.