Abstract
The objective of this research was to study the surface water quality, the level of community participation in the surface water
quality management, and analyze the consistency between the level of community participation in relation to the water quality.
The water samples were collected from 15 villages and 315 head of households fill out for questionnaires, The result found that
the surface water quality in the Suan Luang sub – district municipality may be classified as of bad. The level of participation in
the surface water quality management overall is at a low level. Ten villages are consistently between the level of participation
with the water quality. Five villages are not consistent.