Water Pollution In Malaysia 2019

Fire and rescue department personnel take water samples from the site of a chemical dump in sungai kim kim pasir gudang march 7 2019.

Water pollution in malaysia 2019. According to the ministry of water land and natural resources kats latest available figures selangor is consistently the state that suffered the most number of unscheduled water supply interruptions for the years 2014 to 2017. The sea off teluk bahang is said to be contaminated by heavy metals while in nibong tebal the water at the sungai tengah river mouth is black a problem fishermen there claim has been plaguing them for about 10 years. Attack on malaysia s water security 7th october 2019 crime security 101 drinking water enforcement water pollution water security no comments this was 6 years ago on water security index when malaysia were in par with south korea japan and singapore on water security capacities to secure enough water for their people. Malay mail takes a look at what has happened so far.

Water pollution is one of the world s most pressing issues. Water pollution water pollution is a serious problem in malaysia and impacts negatively on the sustainability of water resources. 4 nabbed over latest pollution incident in selangor that disrupted water supply to more than 1m households nov 11 2020 12 59 pm more than one million affected as selangor shuts treatment plants. Malaysia registered total water abstraction of 14 791 millions of cubic metres.

It reduces total water availability considerably as the cost of treating polluted waters is too high and in some instances polluted waters are not treatable for consumption. Myseea psut water account 2015. Unfortunately the problem is constantly exacerbated by consumers. Lamenting the recent water pollution incidents at sungai kim kim in johor and along the klang river.

In malaysia water supply disruptions are either scheduled usually for maintenance and upgrading of water supply facilities or unscheduled. The illegal dumping released toxic fumes affecting 6 000 people and hospitalising 2 775. Wednesday 17 june 2020 1200 report on the survey of environmental protection expenditure 2019. Penang is facing serious water pollution issues both on the island and the mainland.