I. First progress report (December 19, 2008):
Activities undertaken:
1. Building capacity of target population through training and study tours
2. Surveying and investigating target area to confirm the sites for dripping location of ionic plasma and filter pits
3. Launching construction of filter pits and ionic plasma dripping stations

Results of activities:
1.Evinced increased technical and institutional capacity of target population witnessed by received request to participate in project activities ? two more communities sending their request
2. Target population being able to relate stories about the essence of project and sources of fund, including the original supported project which ended two years ago.
3. Five stations and 15 pits being completed and putting into use in five communities

Project Communication:
Communities made big signboards in project locations telling public about the sources of fund

Experience and Lessons Learnt:
The project referred to limit interest of communities after ?only conversation?, especially in communities with different social and economical context . Once actual field activities began, confidence began to appear. In addition, the project mentioned the recent flood in project location as a cause of delay in carrying out activities.

Project Expense:
The project report the expense of THB: 155,000 out of the first disbursement of THB:79,491.98.

II. Second progress report (September 30, 2009):
Activities undertaken:
1. Building capacity of target population through meeting and study tours to confirm understanding and agreement
2. Keeping on launching construction of filter pits and ionic plasma dripping stations
3. Surveying new area for up-scaling the project

Results of activities:
1.Evinced increased technical capacity and understanding on essence of the project among five communities with active 50 core leaders planning to upscale the practice into 10 communities
2. Additional gain of technical experience of project leaders and capability to resolve new problems and issues
3. Estimated at least five kilogrammes fat & oil /per restaurant/day being trapped
4. The Pathumthani Provincial Municipality initiating an upscale to cover 25 communities under its plan

Project Communication:
The project kept on making big posters in project locations telling public about the sources of funding. Significantly, one of the project leaders was bestowed with an honourary Master of Science in Environment Protection from Kasetsart University on July 30, 2009.

Experience and Lessons Learnt:
The project referred to the maintenance of filter pit as the main problem. In order to ensure optimal environmental result , regular care and maintenance must be paid to the pits, especially those installed in restaurants, for it was evident that this kind of business produced lots of fat and oil.

Project Expense:
The project report the accumulated expense of THB: 243,797 out of the sum of first & second disbursement of THB:159,006.74 .

III. Monitoring visit by NC, the NSC and University UNV( 15 January 2010):
Findings and Observationsb:

At Bangprog Community in Pathumthani Province, the visiting team interacted with and witnessed activities accomplished by the project. Through natural and simple approach, waste water from community have been taken care of in this neighborhood located in the surroundings of one of the several canals draining into the Chao Phraya River. Since the project started, waste water is treated by locally-designed filtration system. In the community, all of 70 households are seen equipped with filter pits.

The filter pits work by gravity system drainage. The waste goes into the first tank through a big particles filter where big solids are deposited. At the bottom of this tank, particles precipitation takes place; meanwhile, the already filtered water goes into the next tank by gravity. After everything has been cleaned, the remaining less polluted water is thrown into the canal which drains into the Chao Phraya River.

Apart from the filter pits, the project uses Ionic Plasma produced by community approaches as a method for clarifying the water. There are dripping stations that are scheduled to drain ionic plasma into the canal every period of time desired to ensure improved quality of water.

To test the water quality, people from the community take a sample of water every Sunday and measure some variables such as Dissolved Oxygen (DO). In cooperation with other stakeholders, other variables such as pH, Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD), Total Solid Dissolved (TSS), Suspended Solids (SS) and Electrical Conductivity (EC) are taken care of. They make sure that these water properties are under the security parameters recommended, and every time better results are achieved. Needle fish (biological indicator) population increase and bad smell decrease in the canal are some of the manifest results of the success of the use of ionic plasma in reducing water pollution.

Other achievements, increased capacity of target population can be observed. Confidence among communities? members has increased since the original project (THA/05/20) was continued. Increased technical capacity and understanding of the project among all the communities participating in the project is evinced through relating stories about the essence of project and sources of fund, including the original supported project which ended two years ago. Additional gain was technical experience of project leaders and their capability to resolve new problems and issues. Outstanding increased technical and institutional capacity of target population witnessed by received request to participate in project activities by non-project members across the country. A water pollution reversal community network was initiated with project leaders as resources persons. The network aims to enhance the water quality in every canal and river in Thailand, and as a result, six more communities started a similar project after being convinced by the project.

IV. Completion Report ( May 7, 2010):
Date of Participatory Evaluation( March 20, 2009):

Number of Beneficiaries/ Participating personnel:
Women: 190
Men: 85
Children: 25

Number of persons trained/ attending seminars, joining study tours:
Women: 38
Men: 12
Children: -

Expense:

Amount received from SGP (3 disbursements): THB: 235,536.85
Total amount spent out of SGP budget: THB: 259,534
Balance: THB : (-23,997.15)
Amount authorized for the final payment: US$: 759.46
Amount of co-financing as follows: THB: 60,000 (in cash)
THB: 162,900 (in kind)

Activities undertaken:
1. Building capacity of target population through training and study tours
2. Putting into practice what being learnt in 1 ( installing filter pits, ionic plasma banks and dripping stations)
3. Producing dissemination materials to make the projects more visible in publics

Results and indicators:
1. One established natural network among 11 communities (five proposed originally) with 45 representatives carrying out construction of 45 filter pits , and 11 ionic plasma banks, as models, in these communities
2. Evinced expense saving and income increase from selling and using the by-product from process of producing ionic plasma for fertilizing gardens and orchards
3. The Pathumthani Provincial Municipality proposing budget for construction of filter pits for 200-300 families residing along one canal , as a replication and up-scaling


Plans and Activities for Sustainability:
During the life of the project, it was fairly evident that the courses of project had turned several families from close and more private life style into more open and caring ones. The project activities opened up opportunity to talk ,share and work together to address their common environmental problems. The established network initiated a project to monitor water quality in project location once a month, with a plan to up-scale to cover all 25 communities in the provincial town of Pathumthani. Resources persons of the project had been providing training and sharing experience in getting rid of excessive nutrients by community approached throughout the seven districts of the province. The project also initiated an assessment of energy value of residue from ionic plasma process so that the network can make use of in the future.

Experience , Lessons Learnt , Problems and Issues:
With financial support from GEF SGP, water pollution reversal networking in the province was realized to a certain extent. Whenever a technical problem arose, such as unexpected flood to the pits, participatory approach was adopted to address the issue.