18 March 2015 – The Yangon Water Summit, organized by the Manila Water Company Inc., in partnership with Mitsubishi Corporation and the Yangon City Development Committee (YCDC), kicked off at the Shangri-La Sule Hotel on March 13.

The summit discussed Yangon’s urban water situation and the modalities of Public-Private Partnership (PPP) available for the water sector. The summit also looked into the urban water reforms in the Philippines, particularly Metro Manila.

Former President Fidel V. Ramos, in his keynote address, said the water reforms instituted under his administration, particularly the privatization of the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS), resulted in improved access to potable water for 24 hours to about 90% of the 15 million population of Metro Manila and the reduction of non-revenue water from 63% in 1997 to 11% at present.

On 17 March 2014, Manila Water Company Inc. signed with Yangon City Development Committee (YCDC) and Mitsubishi Corporation a Memorandum of Understanding for the Pilot Non-Revenue Water Reduction Project in Yangon City which aims to improve the Yangon City government’s provision of clean and potable water to initially two of the 33 townships in four districts in the city. END