Strategies for development of industrial wastewater reuse in Thailand

Majority of the industrial activities in Thailand are concentrated around B angkok Metropolitan Area. The ever increasing industrial activities have le d to over exploitation of water resources and discharge of significant poll ution load. Therefore, it is important to identify the wastewater reuse pot entials and develop strategies for its promotion within the industrial sect or. Although technological advances have made it possible to treat effluent s for industrial re-use, in practice, the Thai industries do lack in implem entation of such technologies. Promotion of cleaner production concepts and advanced new technologies such as membrane technologies could assist the i ndustry for the implementation of wastewater reuse projects in Thailand. Th is paper discusses various technical, institutional and management related issues to promote industrial wastewater reuse, with few case studies.