Effective Model of Community Wastewater Management with Participation of People in Bang Pu Municipality, Samut Prakan, Thailand

Abstract

The objectives of this research were 1) to study the level of relationship towards the effective model of community wastewater management, 2) to study the causal relationship of the public sector, thinking participation, joint operation, monitoring and evaluation of results, and co-beneficiation affecting the effectiveness of community-based wastewater management, and 3) to study the effective model of community wastewater management with the participation of people in Bang Pu Municipality, Samut Prakan Province. According to the research results, the variables in each aspect were positively correlated with the statistical significance at level .001. It was found that 1) joint operation, public sector, monitoring, and evaluation of results, co-beneficiation, and thinking participation affect the effective model of community wastewater management, respectively, 2) explain the relationship path that the government has the most direct relationship with the participation. It is followed by the direct impact with the joint operation, co-beneficiation, monitoring and evaluation of results, and effectiveness of community wastewater management, respectively. It indirectly affects the effectiveness of community wastewater management, monitoring and evaluation of results, co-beneficiation, and joint operation respectively. 3) The effectiveness of community wastewater management with participation affects the government sector, thinking participation, joint operation, monitoring and evaluation of results, and co-beneficiation. It could be explained that when the management is made in accordance with such guidelines, it will result in the success factor of effectiveness of community wastewater management with participation.