Myanmar Information Management Unit

Water Scarcity Areas

18 May 2010
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Pauk
Over 40 villages are struggling for drinking water
Gangaw and water for everyday use. Villagers are digging
Bhutan Facing water scarcity problems. hand-dug wells and often have to spend the entire
day fetching water.

India
Tiddim
Kachin Monywa
Facing water shortages. Storage of medicine which needs to be stored
under 15 degrees Celsius is near to impossible at
the moment, due to the lack of electricity.
Myitkyina
Hakha (
!
Facing water shortages.
Chaung-U
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Water for drinking and everyday use
is reported to be unsafe.

Bangladesh
Sagaing
Myinmu: water in streams dry up
due to intense heat ( 46.5 degree
Celcius on April 23th).
Tilin Hakha
Facing water scarcity problems.
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!
China
Myingyan

Chin Sagaing Mandalay Shan Storage of medicine

(
! which needs to be stored
under 15 degrees Celsius Vietna
(
!

is near to impossible at
Bay of the moment, due to the
Bengal
Mandalay Taunggyi Laos
lack of electricity.
(
!
Mindat Natmauk: Villages are suffering from
Facing water shortages. Magway !( the lack of drinking water. For the
(
! Nay Pyi Taw moment, they manage to get drinking
Sittwe
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20°N
Sittwe Magway _
!
(
^ water from hand-dug wells. (TDH-Italia)
Loikaw
(
!
Certain ponds have been
empty since last month. Very
few tube wells compared to the Rakhine Kayah Yenangyaung and Chauk
whole community. About 80% All ponds are empty except some villages near Pinn and
of the population of Sittwe town Daung Thay streams. In certain villages, there are reports
is affected by the water
shortage. Bago of people resorting to re-using used water after filtration.
Water is then also used to feed the cattle. The water
scarcity is affecting palm trees, which are used to produce
Kayin palm sugar.
Bago
Thandwe
Facing water scarcity problems like other Yangon
(
!

areas. Pathein Hpa-An Kyaikto

Yangon
(
!
(
! Facing water scarcity issues.
(
!

Labutta Ayeyarwady (
!
Mawlamyine
People are buying water from other areas.
Mon Chaungzon
Facing water scarcity issues.
Pyapon, Dedaye and Bogale Townships
seem to be particularly affected. Thailand
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15°N

Twantay Andaman Sea Mudon

43 villages are suffering from a drinking Facing water scarcity issues.
water shortage. There have been cases of
Dawei
(
!
diarrhea and water born diseases.
Ye
Facing water scarcity issues.
Cambodia
Dala
Legend Suffering from drinking and Tanintharyi
everyday use water shortage.
_
!
(
^ Capital

(
! State Capital
Coast
Waw
State Boundary
Facing severe shortages. There are
International Boundary reports of an outbreak of diarrhea Data Sources : WASH Thematic Group.
between 5-11 May in Waw Places: MIMU
Reported Townships
Township. A total of 82 people from Boundaries: WFP/MIMU
with Water Scarcity
urban wards were treated at Waw Paung
Kilometers General Hospital. No deaths were Facing water scarcity Map ID: MIMU468v01
reported. issues. Creation Date: 18 May 2010. A4
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10°N

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