Yangon City Development Committee (YCDC) was initially established as a city municipal organization since Myanmar was under the British to carry out municipal works, and its name was changed in history as Rangoon City Municipal Corporation in 1922, as Rangoon City Municipal Committee in 1972, as Rangoon City Development Board in 1977, as Rangoon City Development Committee in 1985. According to the
provisions of Yangon City Development Law (14 May 1990), YCDC bestowed wide powers and authority, for instance, YCDC was authorized to implement its own project by using its own funding resources. However, at present, YCDC needs to apply permissions of projects to the national government and the funding sources of YCDC are incorporated into the national budget by the new policy. YCDC set up as a ministerial level and comprises with 20 departments and one committee office, to create a modern city with the features and characteristics of a city while preserving its greenery and the intrinsic beauty for its citizens by the guidance of the national government. According to Yangon City Development Law, YCDC must organize with minimum 7 members to maximum 15 members; the Chairman, Vice-Chairman (Vice-Mayor), Secretary, Joint-Secretary, and the other are Committee Members. Mayor of Yangon City is responsible not only the Chairman of YCDC but also the minister of Development Affairs of Yangon Region. Engineering Department (Water & Sanitation) (EDWS) is one of the 20 departments under YCDC, which is responsible to supply of clean and potable water to the citizens of Yangon City and to serve sewerage and sanitation facilities of the city. To distribute the adequate, safe and wholesome water for city dwellers
2. To collect the water tariff completely
3. To prevent water leakage and control the reduction of non-revenue water
4. To manage for systematic sewage disposal
5. To upgrade water distribution facilities and sewerage system
EDWS is organized with 7 divisions (Reservoirs division, Water Supply division, Sanitation division, Revenue and administration division, Electrical and mechanical division, Pipe plant division and Supporting Division.
