12 June 2020 - Source: Myanmar Times Mandalay city is taking steps to cancel a much-delayed wastewater treatment project because it says the Thai company that won the tender is unable to complete the project. U Ye Lwin, mayor of Mandalay city, said the central industrial wastewater treatment project...
The Urgent Need for River Health Biomonitoring Tools for Large Tropical Rivers in Developing Countries: Preliminary Development of a River Health Monitoring Tool for Myanmar Rivers
Anthropogenic pressures such as river infrastructure, agriculture and power generation are rapidly increasing in Southeast Asia, aimed at providing food security within the region. However, this will lead to unintended river health consequences, and, currently, most Southeast Asian countries have no...
Myanmar to revamp governance of industrial zones under new law
11 JUN 2020 - Source: Myanmar Times - Legislators in Myanmar have approved a long-awaited law governing industrial parks that grant regulatory bodies new powers to punish polluters and land speculators. Lawyers and experts, however, warn that effective governance will depend on enforcement and ...
Understanding demand and funding for piped-water supply in Mandalay City
This study seeks to understand water usage patterns in Mandalay and to assess the possibility of and the extent to which current water tariffs can be increased or reconfigured. The researchers used a combination of in-depth interviews and a survey covering 1480 households and MSMEs across six ...
Four drinking water ponds dug in Dala Tsp
10 June 2020 - Source: The Global New Light of Myanmar With the guidance of the Yangon City Development Committee (YCDC), four ponds have been dug for sufficiency of the drinking water in Dala Township, where are being faced with the shortage of the drinking water. Although Dala Township is located ...
Coping with flood disasters: new lessons from COVID-19?
Coping with flood disasters: new lessons from COVID-19?Kyaw Zin Htoon1, Soe Su Su San2, M. Shah Alam Khan3, Mohanasundar Radhakrishnan4 and Chris Zevenbergen4 1Medical doctor Yangon, Myanmar2Myanmar Medical Association, Myanmar3Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh4IHE Delf...
Yangon presented with a flood hazard model
07 June 2020 - Source: Mizzima A consortium of partners led by Royal Haskoning DHV from the Netherlands and that includes HKV consultants, Joy Brothers Engineering and Water Bridge Myanmar, presented a Flood Hazard Model (FHM) to representatives of YCDC last week, according to Thura Swiss. Funded by...
Govt eyes contract farming on 200,000 acres in Myanmar
05 JUN 2020 - Source: Myanmar Times - The government is helping farmers negotiate contract-farming deals with agricultural companies on 200,000 acres for this year's growing season, senior agriculture official said. U Ye Tint Tun, director general of the Department of Agriculture, said the deal...
Yangon floods, and litter bugs
05 June 2020 - Source: Myanmar Times This year's monsoon has already reached across half of Myanmar, with last month's Cyclone Amphan also dumping hundreds of millimeters of rain across Eastern India and Bangladesh. Though the rainy days have been far and few between, the city is already witnessing ...
Resettlement Plan - MYA: Yangon City Water Resilience Project
The project will address urgent urban resilience and water infrastructure needs associated with bulk water supply in Yangon. It will complement Yangon City's efforts to expand reliable and safe water service coverage to 80% by 2040. The project ourputs are (i) Resilient bulk water transmission ...
Setting water tariffs right: Considerations and approaches
Mandalay's water is not only the cheapest in Myanmar, but it also has some of the lowest tariffs in South East Asia. There have been attempts to rectify this. In brief, this paper describes: Governments must ensure access to water for all citizens as it is a right with far reaching social, pol...
Contemplating What I Have Learnt from a Short Course at IHE-Delft
Last February, I have attended the 3-week short course called Managing Water Organizations from February 8 to 27 at IHE-Delft with Orange Knowledge Program (OKP) scholarship funded by NUFFIC. Since the beginning of my time working in the Myanmar Water Sector, IHE-Delft was the first institute that I...
The Chronicle of a Groundwater Expert - Interview with U Myint Thein
Have you already heard of U Myint Thein, the one who has full of knowledge and experiences in the groundwater sector as well as a writer and also a winner of Myanmar National Literacy Award 2018? This week we arrange an interview section with him and in this article, he shared about his career life ...
Water bus service to resume with new ticket fees
02 June 2020 - Source: Myanmar Business Today အောက်တွင် မြန်မာလို ဖတ်ရှုနိုင်ပါသည်။ The water bus service now halted since September will resume in the second week of June with new ticket fees, according to the water bus service operator Tint Tint Myanmar Company Limited. The company said it is plan...
Myanmar to take action against illegal fishing starting from 1 June
01 JUN 2020 - Source: Global New Light of Myanmar - The government will take actions against offshore fishing boats that are illegally operating in the water of Myanmar via Vessel Monitoring System (VMS) starting from 1 June (today).The decision was made at the meeting of fishing boat owners an...