Integrated planning of water quality management system in the Tha Chin River basin

摘要

The Tha Chin River Basin is located in central Thailand with an area of approximately 11,760 km~2. However, increasing environmental concerns are associated with the social and economic development in the basin. This research focuses on providing a plan for water quality management in the Tha Chin River Basin, with a special emphasis on pollution-related economic activities. Since the study basin for a large-scale regional water quality management system with various interactive relationships between human activities, optimization modeling is considered suitable for integrated planning of various activities in the entire basin. The constraints consist of relationships among economic and environmental concerns. The objective is to accomplish the desired compromise among environmental, resources and economic considerations. This planning study provides bases for the formulation of policies/strategies with respect to the regional socio-economic development and environmental protection.