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A STUDY ON IMPROVING WATER ACCESS IN CENTRAL DRY ZONE, MYANMAR (Case study: Three Villages in Bagan-Nyaung U Township) (Hlaing Phyu Min, 2019) Hlaing Phyu Min (EMPA - 9) Access to water supply, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) is important role for the socio-economic development. The purposes of this study are to identify the status of WASH, to examine the advantage of access to water and to analyze the socioeconomic development of households at three villages: Te Ma, Zee O and TaungShey in Bagan-Nyaung U Township, Dry Zone of Myanmar. To achieve these objectives, a quantitative, descriptive method was used. The semi-structured questionnaires are used to gather data from 288 respondents those who are from the selected three villages and key informant interviews are conducted to Executive Engineer (EE) from DRD/ Nyaung U, BAJ staff and local private drillers. The survey found that every village has access to water and only 8% of population are still lack of enough water. The residents reduce the burden of fetching water due to transportation distance. According to the survey, 74% of respondents are satisfied to pay water cost as they accept about the electricity fees to operate the tubewells. Additionally, 95% of survey respondents states that their family incomes are improved because of direct and/or indirect effective of having more water points in their villages. About 94% of respondents state that their social conditions become improved after received water resources in their villages, about 96% of the survey respondents are agreed that their health situation was improved after received the water resources in their villages. 2019-11-01 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12678/0000001123 https://meral.edu.mm/records/1123