Mandalay IWUMD to ensure irrigated water for over 80,000 acres of monsoon paddy fields

​22 July 18 - The Mandalay Irrigation Water Utilisation Management Department (IWUMD) will implement an irrigation water project to cover 82,423 acres of monsoon paddy fields in Mandalay and PyinOoLwin districts through the dam and diversion weir of Mandalay Region during the 2018-2019 fiscal y...

Advanced Technology for Water Solutions

This presentation is presented by Miss Chiho Miura, representative from JFE Technologies during MyanmarWater 2018.  She was presenting on advanced technologies for water solutions.JFE technologies is a Japanese organisation that has been developing a pilot plant for waste water in Dala tog...

The New Yangon City Project: An Urban Planner’s View

​16 July 18 - In 1988, Yangon measured about 80 sq. miles (around 207 sq. km). The city has grown in the three decades since then and now covers more than 300 sq. miles (777 sq. km). The author of this article has been in the urban planning field for around 50 years and has never come across an...

Preparatory survey for greater Yangon water supply improvement project (phase II) : final report

Publisher : Japan International Cooperation Agency, TEC International Co., Ltd,  Nippon Koei Co., Ltd.,  NJS Consultants Co., Ltd.  The project aims at improving water supply services to meet the increasing water demand by using raw water from the Kokkowa River and...

​Water Supply and Sewage System of Yangon City Development Committee (YCDC)

This is the summary of the students group on Myanmar - Netherlands Water Challenge 2018 on 1 August. General Information One of the activities of YCDC is to develop the adequate water supply for Yangon urban region. They can provide water supply for domestic use but the water quality isn't up to dri...

How Mandalay plugs water leaks with data

​24 July 18 - Half of the municipal water supply in Mandalay – Myanmar's second city – leaks out. In 2014, more than 30% of Mandalay state's population were part of urban households. With this number only set to rise, water management needs to be improved to cater to the surging demand. The cit...

MyanmarWater Officially Launched its First CSR Program in Myanmar

20 July 18 - Bringing its commitment to help improving the water supply and sanitation in Myanmar, a drinking water facility was officially set in motion as part of MyanmarWater's Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) program. MyanmarWater, in great collaboration with Yangon City Development Co...

Exclusive: Yangon turns to Power Rangers as blackouts strike

​9 July 18 - Monsoon doesn't seem to bother the residents of Yangon much. Boys selling snacks by traffic lights open up their umbrellas and continue peddling goods from car to car. A taxi driver chucks a food wrapper into the gutter on the roadside. Litter is causing a flooding problem in the c...

Meikhtila Lake Integrated Development Plan: Executive Summary

The Meikhtila Lake Integrated Development Plan (MLIDP) is one of the 'learning-by-doing' projects following from this IWRM Strategic Study. This MLIDP aims to provide an extensive overview of the stakeholders and existing policies relevant for Meikhtila Lake area. Additionally, a broad analysis...

A method to estimate reservoir sedimentation: a case study of the ‘Nga Moe Yeik’ reservoir, Myanmar

Hidde Kats - S1358928  Bachelor Thesis  Civil Engineering University of Twente  24 June 2016  Supervised by  ​Juliette Cortes Arevalo, University of Twente Martine Rutten, Delft University of Technology Alwin Commandeur, Delft University of Tech...

Yangon government takes steps to better serve the public

​21 June 18 - The Yangon regional government has taken measures to strengthen cooperation among its departments to improve efficiency in serving the public, a senior regional minister said. Daw Nilar Kyaw, region minister for Electricity, Industry and Transport, said her ministry is working clo...

Myanmar National Building Code-Water Supply, Drainage and Sanitation (Part - 5 D)

 This presentation is presented by Daw Zin Zin Hlaing, Assistant Director, Water Supply and Sanitation Division Building Department on World Water Day 2018 in Nay Pyi Taw. It demonstrates structure of the code including scope, terminology, general water supply, drainage and sanitation and ...

Current Water Supply System and NRW Management

 Presented by Mr. Zaw Min Htut, Assistant Engineer from Yangon City Development Committee on World Water Day 2018 in Nay Pyi Taw. It Includes that  ​Current Situation of Yangon City Water Supply SystemWater Balance Analysis Future Service Level Targets in Yangon City NRW Reductio...

Water Supply Activities of Rural and Urban in Myanmar

​This presentation is presented by Dr. Win Min Oo, WASH, DRD, MoALI at MyanmarWater 2017. It includes the key highlights of WASH(Water, Sanitation and Hyginene) Sector Situation Analysis and the goal and objectives of Strategy. Dropbox - WS in Rural and Urban in Myanmarx.pdf Enter some description h...

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