Srinakharinwirot University (SWU) cooperates with local, regional and national governments on water security. In 2025, the University cooperated with a local government, Chachoengsao Town Municipality, on safe water and wastewater, and with the regional office of the national forest authority in Tak Province on community forests that secure village water supplies.

Local Cooperation: Chachoengsao Town Municipality

On 22 May 2025, the Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Science, worked with Chachoengsao Town Municipality and its Environment and Public Health Club to train community representatives on safe water, indicator bacteria and the improvement of household wastewater (see SDG 6.5.1).

Source: https://science.swu.ac.th/sdgs/water-management-educational-opportunities/

Regional and National Cooperation: Royal Forest Department, Tak Province

Bodhivijjalaya College returned the findings of its research on community forest ecosystem services to the Community Forest Management Section of Forest Resource Management Office 4 (Tak), Royal Forest Department. The data on how community forests sustain village water supplies can inform community forest and watershed management along the Thai–Myanmar border, supporting water security for the villages that depend on these forests (see SDG 6.5.3). The photographs below show Bodhivijjalaya College returning the findings of its fiscal year 2025 research to the Community Forest Management Section.

Local and Regional Cooperation: Innovation for Water Security Programme (October–November 2025)

Under the NRCT-funded research programme "Innovation for Water Security", SWU cooperated with local and regional government on flood and drought security in four provinces in 2025.

• Phayao Province, 27 October 2025: SWU met the Deputy Chief Executive of the Phayao Provincial Administrative Organization and the team of its Water Data Management Centre to coordinate the use of research results in water management and early warning, and worked with the Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Regional Centre 15, Chiang Rai, on flood, flash-flood and drought data for Phayao.

• Nan Province, 27 October 2025: SWU worked with the Nan Provincial Office of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation and subdistrict administrative organisations to plan a community flash-flood early-warning network.

• Chaiyaphum Province, 5 November 2025: SWU transferred a flash-flood forecasting model to 16 provincial and local government agencies at Chaiyaphum Provincial Hall, including the Chaiyaphum Irrigation Project, the Provincial Office of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation and the Chaiyaphum Provincial Administrative Organization.

• Khon Kaen Province, 11–13 November 2025: SWU worked with the Khon Kaen Irrigation Project and the Khon Kaen Provincial Agricultural Office at four reservoirs to address flash floods and drought for water users.

Cooperation with the Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Regional Centre 15, Chiang Rai, the Phayao Provincial Administrative Organization and Chiang Mai University, 23–27 October 2025.

Source: Full report, Innovation for Water Security: Research for Area Development and Integrated Water System Solutions, Srinakharinwirot University, submitted to the National Research Council of Thailand

Technology transfer to 16 government agencies at Chaiyaphum Provincial Hall, 5 November 2025.

Source: Full report, Innovation for Water Security: Research for Area Development and Integrated Water System Solutions, Srinakharinwirot University, submitted to the National Research Council of Thailand

Cooperation on Water Security, 2025