Environmental geology of changwat Buriram

Abstract

This research aims at acquiring, evaluating the physical environment conditions and analyse them together with the socio-economic conditions. The main environmental problems in Changwat Buriram are a lack of water supply, low quality groundwater, high salinity in soil, and no sanitary waste disposal area. Thus, this study is also aimed to answer primarily these environmental problems in terms of spatial area evaluation, for example, where is the suitable area of the water resources, the waste disposal site. The acquisition and evaluation of physical environment and socio-economic information including the development plans were carried out in this research using the Geographical Information System (GIS) as a tool on the personal computer (PC) and the software of Arc/View, Arc/Info, and Surfer. All available geological data were collected and they were analysed in relation to geological perspectives. Afterthat, some recommendations were prepared based on those analysed data. As a result, for example, this research revealed that groundwater condition in the study area contains inadequate chemical contents from standard drinking water. Thus, surface water plan is recommended in some areas, such as, Amphoe Satuk, Amphoe Krasang, Amphoe Huai Rat, and King Amphoe Ban Dan. Moreover, the result of geological analysis also shows that the suitable waste disposal site is recommended at the area around Amphoe Krasang. However, all maps presented in this research were demonstrated the entire area in a regional scale, thus, in some specific circumstances, further detailed study in a local scale should be provided.