This study was a participatory action research undertaken for three villages of Kud Nam Sai Tambon Municipality,located along the Pong River downstream.
It consisted of Ban, Huai Jode, Ban Nong Bua Noi, and Ban None Kham Pae village. The occupations of villagers are mainly fish pen aquaculture raising, rice field, and upland crop cultivation.
This study was conclusively divided into three phases. The first phase was to study the existing conditions and problems of communities for water use, utilizing interviews as well as analyzing stakeholders of water resource management as a method of data collection. The second phase was to study factors that were influencing the water use conflict, using focus group approach to collect data. Finally, the researchers developed community participation process on water conflict resolution, employing dialogue approach for data collection.