Water Scarcity In Malaysia
Malaysia s water industry is in dire straits says the water land and natural resources minister.
Water scarcity in malaysia. A case study of rice production marlia m. Air selangor said that the water supply to all affected areas should be restored in stages from noon. Despite malaysia being a country with high rainfall intensity a growing area of concern is freshwater scarcity. Water scarcity management includes all measures that may alleviate water scarcity risk.
Malaysia expecting water shortage in six states including johor. This can range from pre stocking of food and fresh water resources to storing rainwater providing in alternative energy sources wind solar to conjunctively use surface water and groundwater to minimizing the overuse of fresh water resources and planting more drought resistant crops. Dr poh phaik eong a chemical engineering lecturer in the school of engineering shared that this scarcity in water is attributed to the. It may exacerbate the water scarcity situation in all countries.
Malaysia may undergo a water shortage crisis again if malaysian people keep on wasting the water. According to the united nations environment program undp water shortage is one of the two major environmental issues facing the world today. Water shortage is expected in six malaysian states due to the extreme hot weather said water land and natural resources minister xavier jayakumar on saturday mar 23 as he warned. Assessing water scarcity in malaysia.
Malaysia serves as an example of growing water problems in southeast asia that could easily take place in other parts of the world. Hanafiaha nor fadillah ghazalia siti norliyana haruna hayder saadoon abdulaali b mahmood j. Kuala lumpur april 17 the four sungai selangor water treatment plants wtps are now back in operation after they were shut down late last night due to odour pollution pengurusan air selangor air selangor said in a statement today. The country is expected to see its water resources reduced by 20 25 between 2025 and 2030.
Abdulhasana mohd khairul amri kamarudinc afaculty of science and technology school of environmental and natural resource sciences universiti kebangsaan malaysia. Temperatures in the malaysian capital of kuala lampur have been almost five degrees higher than normal on many days through march and april according to scroll in. The star asia news network.