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...
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...
Myanmar devises roadmap for expansion of Yangon city
24 June 18 - Myanmar's Yangon regional government has formed a new firm to draw up a roadmap to undertake expansion of the financial center to make it a business-friendly and livable city. The first and second phases of the huge project of the New Yangon City Development Company (NYDC), w...
How to keep the lid on flooding
Myanmar is facing the onset of the approaching monsoon season with the Department of Meteorology and Hydrology warning of potential storms as the monsoon season nears. Whenever the rainy season hits upon us, we would hear constant laments on the conditions of our city's drainage system. As a city p...
Tha Bar Wa - A sustainable future for industry
This report is published by World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), in partnership with Myanmar Food Processors and Exporters Association (MFPEA) and Savings Banks Foundation for International Cooperation (SBFIC). Tha Bar Wa is a four-year project funded by the European Union (EU) under t...
Insights of Myanmar Community of Practice (CoP) Water in the City workshop
On the 22nd of March 2018, World Water Day, The Water Agency (TWA) initiated the first Myanmar Community of Practice (CoP) workshop in Yangon at the beautiful and authentic building of Yangon Heritage Trust (YHT). During Piet Filet's visit to Yangon in January, local stakeholders were ins...
Setting the Knowledge Agenda for Water Security in the Urbanizing Ayeyarwady Delta
U Aung Myo Khaing, Director of Directorate of Water Resources and Improvement of River Systems(DWIR) presented the "Setting the Knowledge Agenda for Water Security in the Urbanizing Ayeyarwady Delta" on the Urban Delta Seminar (14 February 2018), organized by Embassy of the Kingdoms of Netherlands, ...
Report Urban Water Sector Assessment ADB 2013
This report by Asian Development Bank includes an overview of the current assessment and strategic investment priorities for the urban development and water sector in Myanmar. It highlights sector performance, priority development constraints, plans and strategies, past Asian Development Bank (ADB)...