"Water Wave" Campaign - Myanmar Water Portal Official Rules

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News Snapshots: Industry & Economic Development in Myanmar

Industry & Economic Development Theme - June Report This snapshot aims to present an overview of what is recently happening in in Myanmar, covering the information about key players in the sectors, main investors, events, national and regional news. It includes - Overview of Industry and Economi...

Capacity building of urban service providers in Myanmar

​Start Date  ​​End Date Budget​​ Funding​ ​01/09/2017 ​ ​30/09/2020 ​ ​615000 € ​ ​ Rosamur project is implemented within the framework of a capacity building program initiated end of 2015, and aiming to improve the quality of environmental services in Myanmar cities through the establishment o...

Improving water and sanitation services in Mandalay City (Myanmar)

​Start Date  ​​End Date  ​​Budget  ​​Funding ​01/12/2016​ ​22/12/2019 ​ ​2500000 € ​ ​AFD, Agence française de développement (AFD) ​ The project aims at providing access to water to 2,000 households of Mandalay City (Amarapura Township) and at implementing incentive measures for house...

Groundwater Myanmar (some)

U Myint Thein presents (some) Groundwater in Myanmar. He explains the nature of groundwater and its existence. Additionally, He shows -  (1) Major aquifer units including Monywa Sub-basin and Pale Sub-basin in Central Myanmar. (2) Utilization of Groundwater (Nation-Wide). (3) Groundwater P...

News Snapshots: Disaster & Flooding in Myanmar

Disaster & Flooding Theme - April Report This snapshot aims to present an overview of what is recently happening in in Myanmar, covering the information about key players in the sectors, main investors, events, national and regional news. Since the snapshots will be presented into two categories...

Capacity Building of Urban Services' Managers in Myanmar

​Major Cities of Myanmar face great challenges to deliver high quality basic services to their citizens while urbanization is at an early but growing stage. While this urbanization process is closely linked to economic development, its effects on health can be contradictory. The urbanization of Myan...

Application of Capacitive Deionization (CDI) Technology for Treating the Brackish Ground Water in Dala

​Introduction  The desalination of brackish water is a necessary process due to seawater intrusion and the scarcity of potable water inDala township in the Yangon region of Myanmar. The application of capacitive deionization (CDI) was proposed anddemonstrated for the desalination of ground wate...

Maha Thingyan - Poem by John Collins

I wish you all success and happiness, in this Thingyan and new year; Leave behind the past strife and stress, move on forwards without fear. May all you find permanent pleasure, no sorrows shall ever touch you; Take advantage of this short leisure, and do some good deeds too. No sin is remained afte...

News Snapshot: Water Supply in Myanmar

Water Supply Theme - March Report This report aims to present an overview of what is recently happening in water supply in Myanmar, covering the information about key players in the sectors, main investors, events, national and regional news. This report includes - Background of Water Supply in Myan...

WaterMM library: A Year on the Irrawaddy (E. M. P-B.)

A Year on the Irrawaddy was written by the wife of an oil-boat captain plying the trade on the Irrawaddy River in Burma. It is the unassuming tale of the hard lives of sailors and shoremen alike. The turn of the century, when this wife took the unusual step to follow her husband on board for most of...

Ayeyarwady Basin Exploratory Scoping Study

Donor/Partner: Australian Water Partnership (AWP) | Duration: 2017-2018 | Location: Myanmar About: The Ayeyarwady River and its basin is home to some 70% of Myanmar's population. Rapid economic development in recent years has led to increasing demand for water for irrigation, industrial purposes and...

World Water Day Article Collection - International Water Association (IWA)

To support UN Water's goal to spread awareness of the global water crisis and the knowledge to combat it, IWA Publishing are sharing a collection of 20 relevant papers below. Even better, the entire collection has been made FREE until the end of March! Discover essential research on access to water ...

Learning (and sharing) from like-minded water portals

​It's important to learn from other water related portals, and we have been keen to partner and share information with others. Last year we started with publishing Myanmar Water related information from the KINI initiative - Australia Water Partnership onto the Myanmar Water Portal, and vi...

Country Update Myanmar 2018-12

​This Country Update summarizes some recent development in a number of sub-sectors in or are relevant to the water sector in Myanmar. Urban Development Water SupplyWater TechnologyPort Development & Inland WaterwaysAnd in the end, upcoming events in 2019 are shown. For further enquiries, pl...

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