Securing our water resources


Start saving: PBAPP has advised the public to start saving water in preparation of the dry season even though the dams have sufficient supply. Air Itam dam (in pic). Star pic by: CHAN BOON KAI/The Star/ (22th Jan 2015)

AS part of the United Nation’s Decade of Water for Life (2005–2015) initiative, World Water Day is celebrated on March 22 every year to remind the global population of the importance of water to human civilisation.

How far has Malaysia come after a decade of this initiative?

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