Water, Sanitation & Hygiene in Thailand

Water, Sanitation & Hygiene

in Thailand

Mrs. Suree WongpiyachonDirector

Bureau of Food and Water SanitationDepartment of Health Ministry of Public

Health

21-23 June 2011Beijing

Content:Safe drinking water Sanitation

Hygiene

Department of Health

Goal: By 2012, with the effective cooperation of all related agencies, all Thais will get access to safe and adequate drinking water, good sanitation, and basic hygiene

Department of HealthMission:1. Promote all Thais to get access to safe and adequate drinking water.2. Support the works on good sanitation and basic hygiene3. Encourage people to participate by networking.4. Disseminate correct information on drinking water, sanitation, and hygiene

Quality

Safe drinking water

Sufficient quantity

Health Dept.

Provincial Health Office

Regional Health Center

Provider offices

22ndnd Party PartySafe Safe drinking drinking water for water for

publicpublic

33rd rd PartyParty

Volunteer

Waterworks

Local gov.private

1st Party

Monitoring & surveillance

Upgrade & quality

improvementHealth impact assessment

Promote & support

Responsibility on safe drinking water

Drinking water in Thailand Rain water

Well/Ground water

Natural sources (rivers, canal etc)

Bottled water Water from vending

machine Water from

establishments

Tap waterPublic

service

Drinking Water Category in Thailand

Source :Source : National Statistical OfficeNational Statistical Office 20200505

29.0% Bottled Water29.0% Bottled Water

1.8% Well Water (Private)1.8% Well Water (Private)

21.7% Tap water21.7% Tap water

9.2 % Well Water (Public) 9.2 % Well Water (Public)

37.4 % Rain Water

0.7% Others0.7% Others0.2% Natural sources0.2% Natural sources

Household Accessibility- Tab water 86.0 %- Other sources10.6 % (Rain water, shallow well, ground water, bottled water

etc.)

Accessibility of safe drinking water

Household drinking water qualityDOH quality standard

- Urban ~ 60 %- Rural ~ 13 %

Source: DOH Drinking Water Quality Standard (2010)

Drinking Water Quality Situation in 2010

0

20

40

60

80

100

BKK Urban Rural

96.5

39.50

12.53.5

60.50

87.5

%

Satisfied Unsatisfied

ColorTurbidityFeBacteria

ColorTurbiditypHFe, F-, Mn, Zn,As, NO3

Bacteria 80%

MDG 7

MDG 7: Ensure Environmental sustainability

By 2015, the proportion of people without sustainable access to safe drinking water

and basic sanitation will be decreased by halve

ThailandMDG plus: addition of drinking water

quality

Drinking water quality development project

1. Establishing surveillance,

monitoring and evaluation system2. Research and develop quality and

technology management on drinking water3. Legal measures support

4. Strengthening the network and community participation

5. International collaboration

Promote drinking water quality improvement

Certify safe drinking water from tap water

Promote surveillance on drinking water quality

Research and develop quality and technology management on drinking water

Test kit for coliform bacteria

Test kit for residual chlorine

Strengthening the network and community participation

Participation of network and community on policy, plan, and program making for safe drinking water.

Legal measures support

Establish recommendation, regulation, criteria, and standards, in concerning with safe drinking water management.

Sanitation in Thailand

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1. Sustainable sanitation - Green and Clean Hospitals

2. Social mobilization on public toilet development- Healthy, Accessibility, Safety (HAS)

3. Result & target in 2012

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Sanitation program in Thailand

Results: Green & Clean Hospital

Setting No.Distribution

TotalNo. Distric

t

No. Sub-

district

G&C Hospital 242 237 - District 810G&C Sub-district Hospital

437 - 150Sub –district 9,000

Total 97920

Results: Self assessment of G&C Hospital

The amount of reduction waste by weighting Calculate Carbon Footprint (CF) by using

carbon footprint program.

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Results: Sustainable sanitation Learning Center

Learning Center

No. Distribution

Hospital 36

34 District

Sub-district Hospital

13

12 Sub-district

Total 49

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Future work: Green & Clean Hospital in 2012

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1 Hospital 1 Hospital per Dis.per Dis.

(810)(810)

1 Hosp. 1 Hosp. per Sub-dis.per Sub-dis.

(9,000)(9,000)

Sus. San. LearningCenter(405)

Result: Situation of HAS public toilets in 2010

Future work: HAS public toilets in 2012

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Public Toilet

HAS public toilet 90%

Best public

toilet of the year

Hygienic behavior campaign: Hand washing

Hygienic practice in Thailand

Activities on Global Handwashing day

Hygienic behavior campaign: Clean and safe water drinking storage

Suree WongpiyachonSuree [email protected]

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