National Water Policy 2015. Country/Territory Myanmar Document type Date 2015 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Environment gen., Food & nutrition, Water Keyword Equity Monitoring Policy/planning Pollution control Public participation Sustainable development Sustainable use Disasters Environmental planning Waste management Basin/catchment/watershed Wetlands Climate change Food security Poverty Public health Freshwater resources management Surface water Groundwater Waterworks Water supply Governance Financing Potable water Capacity building Community management Drainage/land reclamation Water shortage/drought Flood Freshwater quality/freshwater pollution Hydropower generation Integrated management Right to water Irrigation Transboundary effects Human rights Geographical area Asia, ASIA AND THE PACIFIC, Indian Ocean, Least Developed Countries, South-Eastern Asia Abstract The goal of the National Water Policy is to develop, share and manage the water resources of Myanmar in an integrated, holistic and socially inclusive manner, to contribute significantly to the poverty alleviation, to the green growth and sustainable development of the nation, by providing access to water of equitable quantity and safe quality for all social, environmental and economic needs of the present and future generations. Full text English Website www.myanmarofficialwaterportal.gov.mm