<p>This study focuses on Myanmar, which has limited water access and where children are commonly employed for a household’s water fetching. We examine the impact of water access on child education, determining how improved water supply affects school dropout rates. Using data from the Demographic Health Survey (DHS) conducted between 2015 and 2016, together with propensity score matching, we estimate the treatment effect of this domestic labor on educational attainment, finding that children in households with poorer water access are the more likely to drop out of school. Reductions in dropout rates are more significant where parental education levels are lower. However, water supply improvements will not solely alleviate the child’s burden if the parents’ education is too limited. Parental education is not being substituted for water supply deficiency in such households. It ought therefore to be an important consideration in the effects of public infrastructure policies. Overall, our study contributes to the understanding of how infrastructural improvements and parental education can positively affect child education outcomes, particularly in developing countries such as Myanmar.</p>