Resolving Our Water Woes

 The preservation of water resources includes protection of raw water resources, efficient management of rivers, ensuring water needs of flora and fauna are met and ensuring that water catchments are gazetted as permanent reserves.

He also stressed that managing surface water, which was mostly rivers, was vital as it contributed to almost 95% of raw water resources for consumption.

“The protection for these resources is still lacking in Malaysia. For example, Sungai Labu which is a combination of Sungai Batang Nilai and Sungai Batang Labu, is subjected to pollution from industries, commercial activities and individual septic tanks.

“This river is the raw water intake source for the Salak Tinggi Water Treatment Plant in Selangor.