I am working on the project regarding drinking water quality in East Myanmar area. There are only a few monitoring results. Is there anyone who has any information about water quality condition of Salween and/or Ataran river in east Myanmar?
The Salween River is known to be relatively pristine with high biodiversity values. However developments on the river, including hydropower and water diversion projects (16 dams planned, 2004 reports), will destroy the delicate balance between the river and its catchment area. An investigation was carried out during spring 2006 across 42 sampling sites of the four major Tibetan rivers including Salween for various elements including cadmium, copper, lead, mercury and zinc,. The results of this study found negligible amounts of Cd (