The Groundwater Project Phase III started in February 2015 aiming at the development of groundwater database in the CCOP region and three groups, the DB Groups I and II, and the Public Policy Group were formed to promote the project smoothly.

The CCOP-GSJ-DGR Groundwater Project Phase III Meeting was held in Chiang Mai, Thailand on 13-15 February 2019. It was the final project meeting for the Phase III and attended by 27 participants from Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Japan, Republic of Korea, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam and the CCOP Technical Secretariat. In the meeting, participants confirmed the progress of the project from March 2018 to February 2019, and discussed the outcome of the Phase III including the publication of this technical report (GW-9).

This “Technical Report on CCOP Groundwater Project Phase III” consists of the followings which the CCOP-GSJ-GA Groundwater Project Phase III Meeting in Bali, Indonesia, decided partially revised GW-7 and GW-8:

1. Report on the present status and future plan of hydrogeological maps in each country,
2. Explanation documents on the groundwater database of the country’s capital city or representative area registered on the GSi Groundwater Portal by the DB Groups I and II.
3. Public policy for the groundwater observation system created/proposed/developed by the Public Policy Group.

This report is of 218 colored pages, and is available in printed and digital formats.  Its pdf file is around 8.5MB filesize, and can be downloaded from this link, http://ccop.asia/pdf/publication/GW-9.pdf