Harvest rainwater, users urged


Klang MP Charles Santiago press conference on the current water shortage which has led to this rationing exercise.....-- M. Azhar Arif/The Star 25 APR 2014.

PETALING JAYA: As the biggest users of treated water, domestic consumers should harvest rainwater to help maintain dam levels, said Association of Water Energy Research president S. Piarapakaran.

Based on 2012 statistics, he said 61.7% of the treated water supply in Malaysia was used by domestic consumers.

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