On July 14, 2026, Mr. Kittisak Jaidee, Director of the Regional Water Resources Office 8, assigned Ms. Kasirin Phonnak, Director of the Water Resource Conservation Division 1, Songkhla, along with staff, to implement the project “Participatory and Sustainable Water Management and Conservation (Strengthening Water User Groups) towards becoming Water User Organizations” at the Phru Sakhu Water Resource Improvement Project, Ban Phru Subdistrict, Hat Yai District, Songkhla Province. Mr. Saroj Rattanaphan, Mayor of Ban Rai Subdistrict Municipality, presided over the opening ceremony.
       The project is designed to support water user groups in managing water resources continuously and efficiently, strengthening these groups' ability to jointly maintain and preserve water sources for sustainable use, and promoting and developing the capacity of water user groups to create water usage plans and prepare for registration as water user organizations under the Ministerial Regulation on Water User Organizations B.E. 2564 (2021).
       The project included lectures on the principles of participatory water resource management, the roles and responsibilities of water user organizations according to the Ministerial Regulation on Water User Organizations B.E. 2564 (2021), and activities to strengthen water user groups, such as releasing fish, planting trees, and installing signs prohibiting fishing. These activities aimed to conserve, restore, and maintain the community's natural resources and environment for sustainable benefit. Participants included the committee and members of the water user group for the Phru Sakhu water source improvement project, the chairman of the water user group for the Khuan Khao Wang water source conservation and restoration project, and officials from the Ban Rai Subdistrict Municipality, Hat Yai District, Songkhla Province.