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    Flooding leaves Sagaing villagers short of drinking water
    July 28, 2016in Lead Story, Natural Disasters, News160by MIN SIT YE NAING / DVB
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    Flooding leaves Sagaing villagers short of drinking water

    Villagers in Sagaing Division are finding it more difficult to find safe drinking water amid flooding along the Chindwin River.

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    Burma thirsts for bottled water, but quality leaves a bad taste
    April 30, 2016in Archives, Health, Lead Story, News623by HTET KHAUNG LINN / MYANMAR NOW
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    Burma thirsts for bottled water, but quality leaves a bad taste

    Rising demand for purified drinking water has led to a proliferation of brands — some unlicensed and lacking hygiene standards.

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    May 7, 2014in Environment, Lead Story, News, Video484by REUTERS
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    Fresh drinking water for drought-ridden Dala

    Residents from drought-ridden Dala Township receive clean drinking water, which was piped across the river from downtown Rangoon.

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    April 30, 2014in Lead Story, News, Video197by DVB
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    Staff suspected in macabre school poisoning

    Parents in Irrawaddy Division are refusing to send their children back to school after authorities failed to prosecute anyone for poisoning the children’s drinking water.

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    Hundreds of villages in central Burma suffer acute water shortage
    March 29, 2014in Lead Story, Natural resources, News19by DVB
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    Hundreds of villages in central Burma suffer acute water shortage

    An NGO has begun an emergency import of potable water to village tracts in the area around Mount Popa in Mandalay Division where wells have yielded water contaminated by disease.

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    December 5, 2013in Environment, Health, Lead Story, News, Video1by DVB
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    Mandalay villagers fall ill from contaminated lake

    Thabyaw lake in Mandalay division is being contaminated from pesticides and overuse, causing the villagers to contract diseases such as hepatitis.

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