The Environmental Engineering Association of Thailand (EEAT)was founded in 1983 by an initiative of a group of environmental engineers namely Asso. Prof. Dr. Thongchai Panswad (his position at that time), Mr. Varit Mongkonsri, Mr. Sakchai Suriyajantratong, and Mr. Suchat Satitmannaitam.The association was first named "Thai Environmental Engineers Association" which later was changed to EEAT in 1992.The association's original purposes were to serve as a technological center for members and to protect the rights of the environmental engineering profession.

For more than 20 years, EEAT has been an educational and technical center which provided its members and the public with the latest information and technologies on environmental management and control.

"Thai Environmental Engineers Association" which later was changed to EEAT in 1992. The association's original purposes were to serve as a technological center for members and to protect the rights of the environmental engineering profession. For more than 20 years, EEAT has been an educational and technical center which provided its members and the public with the latest information and technologies on environmental management and control.