Vital to prioritise water security

Participants from SM Advent Goshen in Kota Marudu, Sabah calculating the water footprint of food in the WaterQuest activity.

WATER shortages, dams drying up, devastating floods, river pollution — more and more water-related issues are making the headlines in Malaysia these days but it is just the tip of the iceberg.

WWF-Malaysia chief executive officer Datuk Dr Dionysius Sharma said these issues were serious and needed to be addressed urgently as continued degradation of rivers and their surrounding catchment areas increased the risks of water crises.