Water supply to Yangon: about 230 million gallons of water supplied daily

To be able to supply sufficient water to the residents of Yangon City, Yangon City Development Committee (YCDC) is providing water supply with surface water supply system and underground water supply system.

Dr. Zaw Win, Committee Member, YCDC said "At present, we focus on ensuring sufficient of drinking water in Yangon City. We used ground water as appropriate resources. And we collected surface water included rain water with water dams like Gyo Phyu, Hlawga and being supplied to the residents. We usually being supplied about 230 million of water per day.  "

There are more than 570 artesian wells and about 10 million gallons of water is being supplied daily in Yangon Region, according to an official of YCDC.

Tin Hla Htun, Deputy Director, Engineering department (water and sanitation) said "We are supplying water from artesian wells to the places where there is weak of supply by pipeline water in Yangon Region. There are 4 rain water filled wells in Twantay Township for the drinking water supply of Dala Township. In order to supply drinking water to Hlaingtharyar Township, there are 3 rain water filled wells in ThaePhyu village in Htantapin Township."

As the number of artesian wells increase, the seep of salty water can increase and it brings about negative impact on the fresh water resources. So, YCDC is used to collect and refill rain water to maintain the water resources.