Rural Water Supply Activities that was done by Department of Rural Development to reach the SDG goal 6 in 2030

2. ▪ MoLFRD is the focal ministry for rural development in Myanmar.
▪ Secretary of Central Committee and Working committee for National
Rural Development and Poverty Reduction.
▪ Chair of Economic Vulnerability Index sub-committee of LDC
▪ Thematic working areas.
❑ Development of livestock sector;
❑ Development of fisheries sector;
❑ Development of rural infrastructure - rural road & bridge, water
supply & sanitation, rural electrification & housing;
❑ Enhancing rural livelihood and income generation through
community-driven development.

3. Enabling people & community
to manage its own destiny for
combating poverty
Rural
Development
Policy
Good
Governance
Process
Targeting
Strategy
Effective
Collaboration
Strategy
Sustainable
Financing
Synergy of dev
intervention
Strategy
Rural Development Policies & Strategies
(1) Food Security (2) Food Safety (3) Sustainable Rural Development

4. ❑ To ensure rural feder road
❑ To ensure rural safe drinking water
❑ To ensure rural education
❑ To ensure rural health
❑ To ensure rural economy

5. ❑Drinking Water, domestic use, water for people
❑ Water for Urban and Rural Sanitation
❑ Water for Food security
❑ Water for other uses ( industries, hydro- power,
beautifications , firefighting etc…)

6. ❑ Early time, Rural Water Supply are undertook by rural communities
themselves, in term of open dug well, Rainwater harvesting ponds, lakes,
streams, rivers, etc;
❑ Round about 1985, Rural Water Supply Branch, Ministry of Agriculture
and Irrigation, served the rural water supply , by implementing the deep
tube well, especially in CDZ.
❑ In 1999-2000 , Rural water supply activities hand over to DDA,
❑ In the year of 2012, DDA was aborted, and formed DRD,
❑ Now a day DRD is responsible on the rural water supply.

7.  Assessment the rural water supply data in 1999-2000 by DDA
 Set up 10 year rural water supply project (2000-2001 to 2009-
2010), DDA
 After 10 year RWSP , necessary to implement remaining villages,
continued draw 5 year RWP (2011-2012 to 2015-2016)
 Moreover, for NCDP, DRD set up the 20 year rural water supply
plan (2011-2012 to 2030-2031)

8. 1. Villages where hard to get water - 879
2. Villages where do not access adequate amount - 9,166
3. Villages where drinking water is not safe - 13,180
Subject
Targeted
village
Completed
village
%
Dry Zone 8,042 8,826 110%
Remaining 14 States &
Divisions
15,183 18,226 120%
Total 23,225 27,052 115%
Achievement
10 year RWS Plan (2000-2001 to 2009-2010)

9. Donation (Local donors)
No State/Region
No of
Township
No of
Village
No of
TW
Remark
1 Sagaing 26 546 746
2 Magway 24 334 505
3 Mandalay 22 638 879
Total 72 1518 2130
- Myanmar Culture and traditional belief, making donation for water
is a good deed by which one can obtain significant benefits.
- Total cash Donations by local donors up to 19th water supply
donation ceremony are-
- (A) 2696.62 Million kyats, (B) 77952 US$ (CC) 770 Euro (D) 10012
FEC
- Implementation Water Supply Activities (DTW) In CDZ are

10. Donation (Local donors)
No State/Region
No of
village
No of
TW
Completed
Under
Const;
Donation
(Million
Kyats)
1 Sagaing 12 12 8 4 33.50
2
Magway 26 26 22 4 93.13
3 Mandalay 19 19 19 65.96
4 Irrawaddy 2 2 2 6.70
5 Shan 2 2 2 5.045
Total 61 61 53 8 204.335
Total cash Donations by local donors on 20th water supply
donation were held on 2013-2014 to 2014-2015
Implementation Water Supply Activities (DTW) In CDZ and other
regions are

11. ❑ To promote socioeconomic life of rural people and narrow down the
development gap between rural and urban areas, DRD implements the
following development activities:
- Construction of rural roads and bridges
- Rural water supply and sanitation
- Rural electrification
- Rural housing
- Income generation and livelihood support activities
- Supportive measures to assist the 8-tasks National Rural Development
and Poverty Alleviation Program

12. Better provision for rural water supply , relavant committee were organized
MoLFRD conducted with other line ministries, INGOs,NGOs, UN Agency,
DPs, CSOs
➢ Sectoral Working Groups- SWGs for Health and Water Supply were
organized on 26th April 2014, Head of group is WRUD
➢ National Water Resource Committe were organized on 25th July 2013,
Chair by Vice President U Nyan Htun.
(Objective is Integrated Water Resource Managment IWRM , Focal
minstry is MOT)
➢ Rural Electrification and Water Supply Committee were organized on 9th
September 2013, Chair by Minister of MoLFRD

13. ❑ Shallow Tube well- Water taken form Shallow Aquifer. Its construction cost is
economical but easy to be contaminated. Can supply approximately up to
(25) households, population up to (125) nos.
❑ Deep tube well- Water taken from deep or isolated aquifer Water exploration
rate can be set. Its construction cost is high but not be able to
contaminated easily. It can supply water up to (100) households/
population (500) nos.
❑ Dug well - Most commonly used in Delta Region and lower part of Myanmar. It can
supply water up to (50) households, population (250) nos.
❑ Rain water collection pond-commonly used in Central Dry zone area , Delta Area in
which rain water can be collected. It can supply up to (400)
households, population (2000) nos.
❑ Spring - Most commonly used in Hilly Region and Mountainous area. It can
supply water up to (500) households , population (2500) nos.

14. (End of 2014-2015 Fiscal Yr;)
Total Village – 63899
Access to water – 36193
Remaining – 27706
(2015-2016 FS Yr; Planned)
Access to Water - 3552
Beyond complete- 39745
Remaining Vgs - 24154
Completed (62%), Rest (38%)
0
500
1000
1500
2000
2500
3000
3500
4000
2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16(Planned)
539
386
150
221
516
503
353
608
1125
1467
82
211
217
368
555
415
290
308
930
497
72
202
282
773
613
0
263
541
239
199
1611
1705
2106
3656
3847
1611
1436
1895
3423
3552
Activities
and
Beneficiaries
(Villages)
Status of 5 Year Rural Water Supply Plan
(Completed and Beneficiaries)
Shallow Tubewell Deep Tubewell Dug Well Pond
Grabity Flow Others Total Beneficiaries (Villages)

15. No Fiscalyear Appropriation Completion Usage Cost Percentage
1 2011-2012 1611 1611 2414.15 100
2 2012-2013 1000 1571 9764.47 100
3 2013-2014 1000 2028 16239.09 200
4 2014-2015 1000 3559 41217.55 355
5 2015-2016 1000 3552 31079.70 355

16. ❑ The World Bank Group
❑ Japan International Cooperation Agency
❑ Bridge Asia Japan BAJ
❑ UNICEF
❑ UN-Habitat

17. Water supply projects-(Cooperative with
International Organization)
JICA: 5.008 million USD & DRD: 804.64 million MMK and 5 years
(2012-2013 to 2016-2017) (87 villages in Magway, Mandalay &
Sagaing) (60 villages already done)
2. BAJ: Rural Safe Drinking Water Supply in Dry Zone
(103 villages ( 13 + 90) in Magway Region)
Budget: 1.56 million USD and 3 years (2011-2014)
(103 villages rehabilitation and new tube well already done)
3. JICA ODA loan: 24 Town Water Supply Project
Budget: 2723.33 million JPY and 3 years (2014-15 to 2016-17)
(Pilot project; Taunggyi and Kalaw on going stage)

18. 4. World Bank: CDD Project in 640 VTs in 15 townships
Budget: 80 million USD ( 27,000 per VT) and 6 years (2013-2014 to
2018-2019) (Eligible for Rural Water Supply)
5. UNICEF:
2012-2013;377 million MMK + 100 million MMK (DRD)for 109 villages
in 30 townships (109 villages already done)
2013-14 : 444 million MMK + 100 million MMK (DRD) for 113 villages
in 30 townships (113 villages already done)
2014-15 ; 485.5 million MMK + 100 million MMK (DRD)
for 86 villages in 30 townships (86 villages under construction)
2015-16 ; 424.0 million MMK + 100 million MMK (DRD) for 90 villages
in 30 townships (90 villages to be implemented)
Water supply projects-(Cooperative with
International Organization)

19. Current Situation on Rural Water Supply
1. Total villages - 63899
2. Completed villages in 2013-2014 Fiscal year - 32634
3. Under Implementing stage in 2014-15 Fiscal year - 3559
4. Will complete end of 2014-2015 Fiscal year - 36193
5. Remaining villages end of 2014-2015 Fiscal year - 27706
6. Planned to be implemented on 2015-2016 Fiscal year- 3552
7. Will completed after 2015-2016 Fiscal year - 39745
8. Remaining villages end of 2015-2016 Fiscal year - 24154
Completed villages (62%), Remaining Villages (38%)
(8301)villages,9125 rural water facilities in 734033house hold, 5001018
population were taken benefiries about rural water,

20.  MICS Survey for rural water supply; Household driking water
accessment was 60% in 1995, improve to 78.8% , 2003 in
nationwide
 IHLCA Survey for rural water supply; Household drinking water
were available 62.2% in 2004-2005, improve to 69.4% in 2010
 MICS Survey for rural water supply on 2009-2010; Overview on
State & Regionwere improve as;
(A) Kayin, Kayah, Magway,Rakhine,Thininthary and Irrawaddy
were improved 51.1% to 79.4% (The poor accessment area for
safe drinking water is Kayin, there are available 51% and also
Rakine is 58%)
(B) Chin,Sagaing, Mandalay, Bago(E),Mon and Shan(N) were
improved 79.5% to 86.6%
(C) Kachin, Shan(E), Shan(S) , Bago(W) and Yangon were improved
86.7% to 99%

21.  JMP survey in 2012; Safe drinking water access 48% in 1990 ,
improved 81% on 2012, household piped water system 3% in
1990, increased 7% in 2012
 MICS Survey on Water Supply system; 32% (Shallow or Deep Tube
Well), 32% (Dug Well), Piped & Tab Water 5%, Rather than were
using Rain Harvesting Pond and Gravity
 Protected Dug Well are 27% , although unprotected Open Dug
Well and Surface water were used in rural about 14% and 7%

22. To built capacity of rural communities so they are able to better define,
structure & articulate their development aspiration & priorities. To develop
technical, management & coordination capacity of local departments.
Implementation - Training, data collection, stakeholder meeting
(Phase I) - Develop national model (VDP + Tsp Dev Planning)
- Field testing in 170 villages of 34 Tsp
- Investment scheme (~ $ 10,000 per village)
Phase II - Roll-out to cover all 63,899 villages
Duration - Phase I by June, 2015 & Phase II by 2017
Project Cost - $ 2.08 million for PhaseI (capacity 18% + investment 82%)
Fund Source - Government ($ 1 million) + DPs ($ 1.08 million)
Village Development Planning

23. - Community Participation ; while we were taken planning
- Transparency ; Clearly explaination about implementation (Union or
Other organization budget)
- Subsidise; People living below poverty line- Union budget must be
subsidise
- Community contribution and participation; All inclusive
- National Strategy for Rural Water Supply; To ensure NSRWS
Approach Better Water Supply Services
(Policy)

24. - Financial; Community contribution (Money, Material & Labour)
- Gender Balance ; Committee organize including women for gender
- No discrimation; Shall take beneficiaries all community implemented
place
- Participation in all steps; All community inclusive
- Transter Water User Committee; Implemented RWS might be
transter to VWC
- Spare parts;Communication whrere spare parts are available &
provide
- Water Tarrif; Maintainance & Long time substainabe
Approach Better Water Supply Services
(Mechanism)

25. - Income and Expenditure; Fund adminastration and declaration
atleast one time in a month
- Sense of Ownership;Operation & Maintainance responsible themself
- Water Safety Plan; Awareness for water safety plan for systematically
use
- Piped & Metering water supply; Not only Government Budget but
also Community contribution.
Approach Better Water Supply Services
(Cooperation)

26. ▪ Lack of monitoring mechanism
▪ Able to focus on water quantity rather than quality
▪ Less or lack of machines, equipment, drilling rigs, ground survey
instruments
▪ Limited technical know-how and capacity of different levels suited
with present trend of people-centered approach
▪ Budget limitation