Freshwater in both natural and man-made stores is critical for socioeconomic development. Globally, cumulative reduction in terrestrial water storage from 1971 to 2020 is estimated to be of the order of 27,079 Bm3. Although insignificant in comparison to the total volume stored, the decrease in 'ope...
UN World Water Development Report 2022
Source: UN Water - Groundwater: Making the invisible visible Accounting for approximately 99% of all liquid freshwater on Earth, groundwater has the potential to provide societies with tremendous social, economic and environmental benefits and opportunities. Groundwater already provides ha...
Groundwater-based water supply publication report
Global demand for water is projected to outstrip supply by 40 % in 2030. Groundwater can be a sustainable source of high-quality drinking water. Especially in a time where climate change, water scarcity, and droughts are frequent and increasing. Whether relying on a groundwater supply entirely, or a...
Nature-Based Solutions for Wastewater Treatment: A Series of Factsheets and Case Studies
There are 2.4 billion people without improved sanitation and another 2.1 billion with inadequate sanitation (i.e. wastewater drains directly into surface waters), and despite improvements over the past decades, the unsafe management of fecal waste and wastewater continues to present a major risk to ...
Over-extraction of Groundwater reacts to water level declination toward Yangon sinking
CASE STUDY: Over-exploration of Groundwater reacts to water level declination, Building settlement, and Ground Elevation lower in Thamine, Mayangon TS in Yangon. Myint Thein, Groundwater and Wells Consultant Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. January 2022 1. Object Firstly, the realistic bu...
Global Wetland Outlook: Special Edition 2021
The Global Wetland Outlook: Special Edition 2021 has been launched to mark the Ramsar Convention's 50th anniversary. Drawing on more than 30 major global and regional assessments and other recent scientific findings, the Global Wetland Outlook's (GWO) headlines are that: Wetlands are being lost at a...
SDG 6 Progress Reports
The monitoring of progress towards SDG 6 is a means to achieve the goal. High-quality data help policy- and decision-makers at all levels of government to identify challenges and opportunities, to set priorities for more effective and efficient implementation, to communicate progress...
Compendium of WHO and other UN guidance on health and environment
The Compendium is a comprehensive collection of available World Health Organization (WHO) and other UN guidance for improving health by creating healthier environments. It covers a broad range of areas such as air pollution, water, sanitation and hygiene, climate change, chemicals, radiation, or foo...
State of the world’s sanitation: An urgent call to transform sanitation for better health, environments, economies and societies
Safe sanitation is one of the foundations of a healthy, comfortable and dignified life. Yet, the reality for billions of people is one of polluted environments, in which one or many of the links in the chain that makes up safe sanitation – toilets, waste treatment, disposal and safe re-use – is miss...
Living with water: climate adaptation in the world’s deltas
Lighthouses show where to go—and where to avoid. The 'lighthouse' case studies in this Delta Report explore best practices in climate adaptation and resilience interventions in delta countries. The report is intended primarily for an audience of governments in delta countries: p...
Integrated Flood Resilience Strategy for Yangon City 2021-2040
Background Myanmar's city of Yangon is the largest financial and commercial centre. It accounts for about 50% of the country's industrial capacity, and is the seat of education, art, culture, healthcare, tourism, research and development. Population growth and rapid urbanisation ...
Underground Transfer of Floods for Irrigation (UTFI): Exploring Potential at the Global Scale
This report presents a spatial analysis conducted at global scale to identify areas of high suitability for implementing the Underground Transfer of Floods for Irrigation (UTFI) approach. The study used multiple global spatial datasets, and the related data were arranged under three categories – wat...
Yangon Groundwater Outlook 2020 Presentation
These are the presentation file and the abstract file presented by U Myint Thein, a groundwater & wells consultant, at Yangon Groundwater Outlook 2020. Download PDF File Here Download PDF File Here
Asian Water Development Outlook 2020
The Asian Water Development Outlook (AWDO) 2020 shares the current water security status in Asia and the Pacific, including main findings and recommendations on water governance and finance as well as application of the AWDO framework in policy development and water management. According to AWDO 202...
Top 5 Documents of 2020
Myanmar Water Portal has shared 50 documents ranging from various topics related to water and environment throughout 2020. We hope all these documents would be helpful for the learners, researchers, and experts in their respective fields within the water sector. Among the various docu...